metaperl schrieb: > I'm about to get a new OS X box on which I will rewrite a bunch of data > munging scripts from Perl to Python. I know that there are several port > services for OS X (fink, darwin ports, opendarwin). So I am not sure > whether to use their port of Python or whether to build from scratch or > use the Python image file. Also ActivePython is something of a choice > but for some reason not a front-running one for me. I tend to like > Gentoo-style compile from source over pre-bundled all-in-one solutions > like ActivePython.
You will definitely need the OSX-specific framework builds - which you can do yourself, but also install as image. All the fink/darwin ports stuff is nice, but I bet you prefer whatever gui you might wanna use running natively, not under X... > I'm not going to do much other than maybe install Plone and do some XML > and CSV processing. Most everything I need is in the Python stdlib. > Maybe down the road some graphics and web stuff (I like Clever Harold > or Pylons for that... but I still ahve not examined the 900 other web > app options in Python :) All that doesn't affect the above. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
