[Python-Dev] [Pydotorg] Should we help pythonmac.org? (original) (raw)

David Goodger goodger at python.org
Tue Aug 19 02:45:31 CEST 2008

Guido van Rossum wrote:

Alternatively, I just got mail from Bob Ippolito indicating that he'd be happy to hand over the domain to the PSF. It's got quite a bit more on it than Python distros, and it's a fairly popular resource for Mac users I imagine. However macports.org seems to have more Python stuff, and has a more recent version of 2.5. (2.5.2). Perhaps we should link to macports.org instead?

I strongly recommend that we NOT make macports.org the main, official Mac OS X version of Python. Secondary is fine, but not primary. Macports is what the name says: it's a system of Mac ports of Linux packages, mostly command-line only. Those who want/need it know about it or will find it easily, while those who don't need it would only be confused by it.

The official Mac Python should be an OS X application, with an icon, living in /Applications, ideally with a Mac-standard editor app (the 2.5.1 I have has IDLE), etc.

Unfortunately, I can only recommend. I don't know anything about building Mac apps.

-- David Goodger <http://python.net/~goodger>

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