Re: MacOS python/GUI issues

[Patrick McCarty]

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Patrick McCarty <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Given the problems with the current GUI shell and python
>> incompatibilities on macos, I think it makes sense to rebuild the
>> shell using python 2.4, and as a fat binary. Then the installer will
>> include its own python interpreter,  which we could use to run the
>> scripts.
>>
>> Any takers for compiling lilypad with py2app ?
>
> I just did this on a Mac OS X 10.5 system.  The app opens fine on 10.5
> x86, but I am unable to test on other operating systems and
> architectures.  Here is the tarball:
>
> http://uoregon.edu/~pmccarty/lilypad.tar.gz

I compared the original tarball to this one, and they are very
similar.  So I assume this GUI doesn't work on OS X 10.4 and earlier
as well.

I really want to help out with this, but I don't know how to proceed.
I don't have administrative privileges on the Mac OS X 10.5 system I'm
using, so I can't change the overall setup.  But I could compile and
install programs as a normal user if I need to.

Do I need to compile Python 2.4 (or later) with different configure
options to make it compatible with OS X 10.4 and 10.3 as well as 10.5?
 Should I try using the latest SVN revision of py2app?

-Patrick