| Building a MacPython distribution |
| ================================= |
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| The ``build-install.py`` script creates MacPython distributions, including |
| sleepycat db4, sqlite3 and readline support. It builds a complete |
| framework-based Python out-of-tree, installs it in a funny place with |
| $DESTROOT, massages that installation to remove .pyc files and such, creates |
| an Installer package from the installation plus other files in ``resources`` |
| and ``scripts`` and placed that on a ``.dmg`` disk image. |
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| Prerequisites |
| ------------- |
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| * A MacOS X 10.4 (or later) |
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| * XCode 2.2 (or later), with the universal SDK |
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| * No Fink (in ``/sw``) or DarwinPorts (in ``/opt/local``), those could |
| interfere with the build. |
| |
| * The documentation for the release must be available on python.org |
| because it is included in the installer. |
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| The Recipe |
| ---------- |
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| Here are the steps you need to follow to build a MacPython installer: |
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| * Run ``./build-installer.py``. Optionally you can pass a number of arguments |
| to specify locations of various files. Please see the top of |
| ``build-installer.py`` for its usage. |
| |
| Running this script takes some time, I will not only build Python itself |
| but also some 3th-party libraries that are needed for extensions. |
| |
| * When done the script will tell you where the DMG image is (by default |
| somewhere in ``/tmp/_py``). |
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| Testing |
| ------- |
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| The resulting binaries should work on MacOSX 10.3.9 or later. I usually run |
| the installer on a 10.3.9, a 10.4.x PPC and a 10.4.x Intel system and then |
| run the testsuite to make sure. |
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| Announcements |
| ------------- |
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| (This is mostly of historic interest) |
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| When all is done, announcements can be posted to at least the following |
| places: |
| - pythonmac-sig@python.org |
| - python-dev@python.org |
| - python-announce@python.org |
| - archivist@info-mac.org |
| - adcnews@apple.com |
| - news@macnn.com |
| - http://www.macupdate.com |
| - http://guide.apple.com/usindex.lasso |
| - http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/submit |
| - http://www.versiontracker.com/ (userid Jack.Jansen@oratrix.com) |
| - http://www.macshareware.net (userid jackjansen) |
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| Also, check out Stephan Deibels http://pythonology.org/market contact list |