Re: [Gnumed-devel] Mac-specific issues (was Release 0.2.8)

[James Busser]

It is not as you might fear... the version on which any one Mac OS  
release (Tiger, Leopard etc) depends *is* insulated from regular  
users for example the GUI will not show

        /usr

which in /usr/bin contains

        python -> python2.3
	python2.3 -> ../../System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/ 
Versions/2.3/bin/python
        pythonw -> pythonw2.3
        pythonw2.3

Also, as far as I know, downloading and installing a new python will  
normally not touch the above, and administrators can get the newer  
python used by methods including those I referenced the wiki.

It is mainly when hackers have tried to forcibly remove or replace  
the framework python that they made their Mac OS unstable and had to  
reinstall.


On 3-Jan-08, at 3:12 PM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:

> > 2. The Mac OS has some custom dependencies on whichever version of  
> > Python
> > ships with the OS, and this Python must not be replaced or badly  
> > tinkered
> > with.
> I think that's a really dumb thing in in MacOSX:
>
> IF the exact Python version is that important to standard
> system well-functioning it better be well hidden from view
> and not interfere with whatever the local administrator
> wants their local users to use.