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Add Mac OS X Disk Images to Python.org homepage #48877

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carlj mannequin opened this issue Dec 11, 2008 · 13 comments
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Add Mac OS X Disk Images to Python.org homepage #48877

carlj mannequin opened this issue Dec 11, 2008 · 13 comments
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carlj mannequin commented Dec 11, 2008

BPO 4627
Nosy @loewis, @benjaminp

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title = 'Add Mac OS X Disk Images to Python.org homepage'
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user = 'https://bugs.python.org/carlj'

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carlj mannequin commented Dec 11, 2008

As recently as Python 2.6.0's release, Python.org had a link to download a
disk image with a special newb-friendly installer for OS X. See http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/

Now, it's gone in Python 2.6.1, and it was never there for Python 3.0.
Which is a pain, because it's really hard to get "readlines" to install
just using config/make/install.

So, whoever is in charge of making that disk image should make it again.

@carlj carlj mannequin added OS-mac build The build process and cross-build labels Dec 11, 2008
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loewis mannequin commented Dec 11, 2008

Unfortunately, nobody is "in charge" of making disk images (this is a
volunteer project entirely), so none might get made.

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I have built a Mac Installer (and tested). I'm not sure how to upload
it, though.

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carwyn mannequin commented Dec 15, 2008

Just to note that bpo-4017 is related to this.

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I've added installers to the website now.

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loewis mannequin commented Dec 20, 2008

I've added installers to the website now.

Does that include a 3.0 installer? I can't see any.

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No, I don't have one for 3.0. AFAIK, that hasn't even been attempted yet.

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carlj mannequin commented Feb 14, 2009

Is it possible to reopen this bug? Python 3.0.1 still has no Mac installer…

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On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Carl Johnson <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:

Carl Johnson <carl@carlsensei.com> added the comment:

Is it possible to reopen this bug? Python 3.0.1 still has no Mac installer…

IIRC, they will be built soon.

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loewis mannequin commented Feb 14, 2009

The original bug report was about 2.6 having no installer, and that has
been fixed. In fact, the bug can't possibly have talked about 3.0.1,
since that wasn't released when the bug report is made. Changing the bug
report's topic after it is made is bad management.

So you could create a new bug report for 3.0.1 having no installer.
However, I question what the point of such a bug report would be: it
can't be to inform us (the Python maintainers) that there is no
installer - we are well aware of that fact. So such a new bug report
would sound much like whining.

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carlj mannequin commented Feb 14, 2009

What's German for "the squeaky wheel gets the grease"? ;-)

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loewis mannequin commented Feb 14, 2009

What's German for "the squeaky wheel gets the grease"? ;-)

I can't think of anything; "Wer am lautesten schreit hat recht" and
"Fragen kostet nichts" come close. I find that attitude close to
whining, and I assert that it doesn't help in Python. Indeed, I
get personally *discouraged* to help when I notice it, because I
want to decide myself what I work on, instead of having others
who never contribute themselves make priorities for me.

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carlj mannequin commented Feb 14, 2009

Fair enough. In this case though, I'm not complaining for myself, since
I can compile config, make, install source (although I don't know how to
build a Mac Installer, or else I would just do it). I'm complaining on
behalf of all the AppleScript users and others who have heard about this
"Python 3" and are interested, but don't go in for using the command
line (yet). It would be a shame to discourage them from learning Python
when they don't see a Mac download link.

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