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[Ian Woloschin <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OS X has a builtin Python (on 10.10 it's Python 2.7.10, located at
/usr/bin/python).  Can't you just use that, as it's provided by the system
already and (almost) guaranteed to be there?  Particularly on 10.11 since
SIP would prevent it from being touched...

Most Linux distributions also automatically provide Python (BUT SOME HAVE
JUMPED TO PYTHON3 ONLY!!!), and it's a lot of work to get rid of it since
many utilities rely on it.  I think it'd be safe to assume it's there, or
the package managers can get it there.

-Ian

On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 3:39 PM Andy Peters <devel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> > On Oct 2, 2015, at 12:32 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > Of course, we could switch back to some package manager like home-brew
> or MacPorts on OS X, but you would lose the ability to just download and
> run an app bundle (everyone would have to “build” his own version - even if
> it is just a pre-built download). This is not very Apple-like (but again,
> that’s probably only a matter of taste).
>
> I would like to be the voice of MANY Mac users who don’t want to deal with
> a package manger (homebrew, MacPorts, whatever).  The ideal distribution
> format is a disk image from which the user drags the executable to any
> location. The next-to-ideal format is a standard OS X installer package.
>
> -a
>
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