At 03:13 PM 3/8/2003, Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
The only system I wouldn't really recommend is Mac OS 10.1. The compiler support is pretty thin and there's no Python 2.1.3 binary... from what I've heard, this is better in 10.2.
i'm not sure what you mean by "compiler support". OS X 10.0, 10.1 and 10.2 all have complete developer packages you can install with compilers etc. there really isn't much of a difference.
10.2 ships with gcc 3.x and its related support files. 10.1 and 10.0 use gcc 2.95... which was (a gcc guru once told me) less than adequately provided with working support files. I'm not a gcc guru myself, so I can't claim any greater understanding than that. As I understand it, that's a main reason why the hasty migration to Jaguar was necessary and why a point-one version change in the OS renders binaries incompatible between versions. It also appears to explain why stuff like Safari doesn't get back-ported to 10.1. In 10.1, you have to compile Python using a process far more obscure than the standard configure/make dance before you can get around to setting up Zope. That's a hassle I've not encountered on other unix-ish platforms. But I know you have more than a passing familiarity with this issue... your howto on compiling Python for 10.1 was a life-saver one Saturday afternoon. Thanks for that, BTW. :-) Dylan