Re: [Visualpython-users] Problem installing on Mac (non-default python location perhaps?)

[Gary P. <gar...@gm...>]

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:26 PM, James Mueller <mu...@pi...> wrote:

>
> On Jul 14, 2010, at 1:43 PM, Gary Pajer wrote:
>
> Yow.  I guess that's what happens when two people try to make life easy for
> the end user by producing one-click installers.  There are
> packaging/installation systems that are supposed to take care of version
> dependency, but as far as I can tell they come with there own set of
> problems.
>
> This conflict should arise on Windows, too, shouldn't it?  Evidently it's
> rare that someone wants both Vpython and Enthought... one has to wonder if
> it's worth the effort to fix (if it's fixable at all).  Of course, I have my
> own opinion on that matter.
>
> The PythonXY distribution is much better than Enthought, but that is due to
> the fact that they only support windows and can concentrate on doing one
> platform well.  They have dozens of python packages including visual, so it
> really is one-stop shopping.
>
>
> As of today Enthought Python Distribution ships with numpy 1.3, but it
> doesn't really make sense for Vpython's tail to be wagged by Enthought.  On
> the other hand, if Vpython's installer is overwriting Enthought's
> installation (or vice versa), that's no good either.
>
> I just downoaded the 6.2 version and it came with numpy 1.4.0!  This is the
> version of numpy that was pulled due to ABI breakages. I can't see mixing
> this with the 1.3 version that visual builds against.  You might be able to
> install a visual built against numpy 1.4.1.  I don't know why Enthought
> doesn't update to 1.4.1.
>


Oh ... Enthought consciously chose to stick with 1.4.0 because they wanted
to retain the datetime feature. (This was the crux of a long discussion on
the numpy list a while back.) They plan to stick with 1.4.0 until 2.0 comes
out.