| Building a MacPython distribution |
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| The ``build`` shell script here creates MacPython distributions. |
| 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 the stuff in ``resources`` and compresses that installer as a |
| ``.dmg`` disk image. |
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| Here are the steps you ned to follow to build a MacPython installer: |
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| - There are various version numbers that need to be updated. Weed through |
| ``Mac/OSXResources``, ``Mac/scripts`` and ``Mac/Tools`` and inspect the |
| various ``.plist`` and ``.strings`` files. Note that the latter are |
| UTF-16 files. |
| - Edit ``resource/ReadMe.txt`` and ``resources/Welcome.rtf`` to reflect |
| version number and such. |
| - Edit ``build`` to change ``PYVERSION``, ``PYVER`` and ``BUILDNUM``. |
| - Run ``./build``. Optionally you can pass the name of the directory |
| where Python will be built, so you don't have to wait for the complete |
| build when you're debugging the process. For the final distribution use |
| a clean build. |
| - When done the script will tell you where the DMG image is. |
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| Currently (November 2003) there is still a bug in the build procedure |
| for $DESTROOT builds: building some of the applets will fail (in |
| ``Mac/OSX/Makefile``) if you don't have the same version of Python installed |
| normally. So before doing the distribution you should build and install |
| a framework Python in the normal way. |
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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 |
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| After all this is done you may also need to update the Package Manager |
| database for the new distribution. A description of this remains TBD. |