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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's exactly why we did it that way on windows.  It was the least
painful option.  It sounds like it may be a better option on osx as well.

On 2/21/2017 12:56 PM, Simon Wells wrote:
> I have previously sent a patch to adam for testing that bundled
> python. but it was a bit hackish as since python is a system lib
> bundleutilies doesn't copy it.
> 
> On 21 February 2017 at 21:28, Bernhard Stegmaier
> <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 21 Feb 2017, at 00:31, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/20/2017 6:27 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>>
>> 2017-02-20 23:48 GMT+01:00 Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> How is this done on Windows?
>> You also don’t have a global filesystem with one Python there where you just
>> copy it into the right place… where does the Windows installer put those
>> files and how do you use them from some installed Python? Are there issues
>> with library paths of the library dependencies that come with KiCAD when
>> used from an external Python?
>>
>>
>> I am not aware of any issues with it on windows, but I don't really use
>> windows.
>>
>> People have requested to include pip with the windows install, and
>> that is done now, so I assume that at least something works.
>>
>> I am not sure if the user uses the shell inside pcbnew or calls the
>> python bundled with the installer. The file system layout is basically
>> as on linux, just inside the install destination folder.
>>
>>
>> Would something like this work on osx rather than trying to fit into an
>> existing python install?  It might prove to be more reliable.  At least
>> you would always have a known python build.
>>
>>
>> Yes, that’s probably the only way to do it in a safe way for the bundle
>> (and, as Adam said how Apple requires it).
>> Currently only wxPython packages and the pcbnew .so are copied into the
>> bundle.
>> There is no (matching) python installation contained/copied.
>>
>> This seems to be sufficient to at least run the python console from inside
>> pcbnew with some external python installation - if the python version used
>> to build the bundle and the one on the target system are compatible.
>> However, the last time I tried it the python console was really unusable for
>> me, because you couldn’t even type some keys (menu hotkeys always trigger
>> the menu action).
>> Don’t know if that has been fixed meanwhile.
>>
>> So, I think this whole python stuff needs a big overhaul on macOS for both
>> types of scripting.
>> I will work on it when I have some spare time.
>> If someone else is going to work on that please drop me a note, so that we
>> don’t do it twice…
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bernhard
>>
>>
>>
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