Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-08 Thread Robin
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 2:29 AM, David Warde-Farley wrote: > On 5-Jan-10, at 7:02 PM, Christopher Barker wrote: > >>> Pretty sure the python.org binaries are 32-bit only. I still think >>> it's sensible to prefer the >> >> waiting the rest of this sentence.. ;-) > > I had meant to say 'sensible to

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-07 Thread David Cournapeau
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:24 AM, David Warde-Farley wrote: > On 5-Jan-10, at 7:18 PM, Christopher Barker wrote: > >> If distutils/setuptools could identify the python version properly, >> then >>  binary eggs and easy-install could be a solution -- but that's a >> mess, >> too. > > > Long live toy

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-07 Thread Robert Kern
On 2010-01-07, David Warde-Farley wrote: > On 5-Jan-10, at 7:02 PM, Christopher Barker wrote: >>> I'm not really a fan of packages polluting /usr/local, I'd rather the >>> tree appear /opt/packagename >> >> well, /opt has kind of been co-opted by macports. > > I'd forgotten about that. It's not

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-07 Thread David Warde-Farley
On 5-Jan-10, at 7:02 PM, Christopher Barker wrote: >> Pretty sure the python.org binaries are 32-bit only. I still think >> it's sensible to prefer the > > waiting the rest of this sentence.. ;-) I had meant to say 'sensible to prefer the Python.org version' though in reality I'm a little miffe

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-07 Thread David Warde-Farley
On 5-Jan-10, at 7:18 PM, Christopher Barker wrote: > If distutils/setuptools could identify the python version properly, > then > binary eggs and easy-install could be a solution -- but that's a > mess, > too. Long live toydist! :) David ___ NumP

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-06 Thread David Cournapeau
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:22 AM, Christopher Barker wrote: > NOTE: cc-d to the pythonmac list from the numpy list -- this is really a > Mac issue. It's a discussion of what/how to produce binaries of numpy > for OS-X > > > David Cournapeau wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Christopher Barke

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-06 Thread Christopher Barker
NOTE: cc-d to the pythonmac list from the numpy list -- this is really a Mac issue. It's a discussion of what/how to produce binaries of numpy for OS-X David Cournapeau wrote: > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Christopher Barker > wrote: > >> If distutils/setuptools could identify the python

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-05 Thread David Cournapeau
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Christopher Barker wrote: > If distutils/setuptools could identify the python version properly, then >  binary eggs and easy-install could be a solution -- but that's a mess, > too. It would not solve the problem, really. Two same versions of python does not imply

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-05 Thread David Cournapeau
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:22 AM, David Warde-Farley wrote: > > On 5-Jan-10, at 6:01 PM, Christopher Barker wrote: > > >> As the 2.6 series is binary compatible, you can build a single >> installer >> that will work with both I don't think that's true. 2.6.x are compatible with each other iif they

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-05 Thread Christopher Barker
Christopher Barker wrote: > OK -- what about simply punting and doing two builds: one 32 bit, and > one 64 bit. I wonder if we need 64bit PPC at all? I know I'm running 64 > bit hardware, but never ran a 64 bit OS on it -- I wonder if anyone is? Oh, I think this approach may be completely egg-in

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-05 Thread Christopher Barker
David Warde-Farley wrote: > AFAIK, the System Python in 10.6 is 64-bit capable (but not in the > same way as Ron Oussoren's 4-way universal build script does it). right -- I'm not sure if it's useful, though, I don't' think there is a 64 bit interpreter, for instance. But maybe that was the o

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-05 Thread Pierre GM
On Jan 5, 2010, at 6:22 PM, David Warde-Farley wrote: > > On 5-Jan-10, at 6:01 PM, Christopher Barker wrote: > >> The python.org python is the best one to support -- Apple has never >> upgraded a python, has often shipped a broken version, and has >> provided >> different versions with each OS-

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-05 Thread David Warde-Farley
On 5-Jan-10, at 6:01 PM, Christopher Barker wrote: > The python.org python is the best one to support -- Apple has never > upgraded a python, has often shipped a broken version, and has > provided > different versions with each OS-X version. If we support the > python.org > python for OS-X 10

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-05 Thread Christopher Barker
Pierre GM wrote: > Ah OK, my bad. Now, why should it be that different ? Why rely on a > second Python to install numpy from a dmg? OS-X has a way of hard coding paths, so a given installer is designed to go in one place, and one place only. The python.org python is the best one to support -- Ap

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-05 Thread Pierre GM
On Jan 5, 2010, at 4:53 PM, Eric Firing wrote: > Pierre GM wrote: > > Pierre, > > He is installing using the binary package installer, not installing from > source. Ah OK, my bad. Now, why should it be that different ? Why rely on a second Python to install numpy from a dmg ? If it's a matter

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-05 Thread Christopher Barker
Eric Firing wrote: >> I'm having an odd problem with the package installer for numpy 1.4.0. >> It complains: >> >> numpy 1.4.0 can't be installed on this disk. numpy requires System >> Python 2.6 to install. > > I think the problem is that the message is misleading; it should be > saying you need

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-05 Thread Eric Firing
Pierre GM wrote: > On Jan 5, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Eric Firing wrote: >> neil weisenfeld wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm having an odd problem with the package installer for numpy 1.4.0. >>> It complains: >>> >>> numpy 1.4.0 can't be installed on this disk. numpy requires System >>> Python 2.6 to instal

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-05 Thread Pierre GM
On Jan 5, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Eric Firing wrote: > neil weisenfeld wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm having an odd problem with the package installer for numpy 1.4.0. >> It complains: >> >> numpy 1.4.0 can't be installed on this disk. numpy requires System >> Python 2.6 to install. > > I think the probl

Re: [Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-05 Thread Eric Firing
neil weisenfeld wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm having an odd problem with the package installer for numpy 1.4.0. > It complains: > > numpy 1.4.0 can't be installed on this disk. numpy requires System > Python 2.6 to install. I think the problem is that the message is misleading; it should be saying y

[Numpy-discussion] 1.4.0 installer fails on OSX 10.6.2

2010-01-05 Thread neil weisenfeld
Hi all, I'm having an odd problem with the package installer for numpy 1.4.0. It complains: numpy 1.4.0 can't be installed on this disk. numpy requires System Python 2.6 to install. I'm running a stock system with a stock python, so I'm not sure why the test is failing. Any ideas how to debug