Re: [pygame] Mac Observations

[Kamilche <klachemin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Ippolito wrote:

> The installation DVD for Mac OS X 10.4 has the developer tools on  it.  

Yeah, I believe my husband updated it without the DVD, however, so we 
didn't have the tools.

> I don't know what you did to cause the booting issue, but I've  
> certainly never seen that happen.

Let's see, it started bluescreening after Package Manager failed to start.

> It helps to know your way around a unix shell.  

Yeah, I can see where that would be useful. :-D


> ActiveState has a Python 2.4.2 distribution.  

That would have been handy to know about before all this! Would have 
saved lots of trouble.

> Magic numbers change with every minor release.. but the versioning  
> scheme is major.minor.micro -- I think you've confused that as  
> 2.major.minor :)

OK, so that means I'll use 2.4.2 on both Windows and Mac.

> Installing Python from binary packages is just as easy, had you taken  
> that approach without flailing around so much.

Flailing is required when you install from source, I can see that now. 
Too bad I couldn't find a binary distribution when I went looking for one!


> You've got users and developers confused here.  Yes, the development  
> tools must be updated with every OS update, but otherwise properly  
> written applications don't need to be updated.  When distributing the  
> software to your users, it should be a self-contained application  
> bundle which has no installation process at all.

That's a relief.

Thanks for the info!

--Kamilche