New submission from Ronald Oussoren:
There are some issues with the Python Launcher application:
1) There is a useless 'Help' menu, the application does not
include help (removal is trivial and doesn't affect functionality)
2) The list of interpreters does not include the framework locations,
only /usr/local, /usr and /sw (Fink).
IMHO the factory default should only include the framework and
system pythons.
3) Python Launcher should probably sniff the script for a '#!', if
only to detect if the script is python 2 or 3.
This may need to be an option, an the algoritm needs to be specified.
Probably something like:
- No #!: use app setting
- #!/usr/bin/env ...: use '...' to determine python version, use
app setting to find that.
Rationale: /usr/bin/env uses $PATH to find a binary, the value
of $PATH for GUI apps cannot easily be changed by users (if at all,
there used to be an environment.plist file but I haven't checked if
thats still used by the system). Therefore it is better to use
an application setting for this.
- #!/path/to/python: use that interpreter if it exists
(not sure yet what should happen if that interpreter does not exist)
This has several advantages over the current behavior:
- Can use a single Python Launcher for python2 and python3 scripts
- Works with virtualenv/pyvenv environments (assuming that the right
path is used in the #! line)
See also the pep397 specification for the "py" launcher on windows, but I don't
propose to add such a command-line tool to Mac installations, the normal Unix
conventions work just fine for command-line use.
See als #5262
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assignee: ronaldoussoren
components: Macintosh
messages: 194041
nosy: ned.deily, ronaldoussoren
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: Mac: Some Python Launcher issues
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.4
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