[Qgis-developer] OSX Leopard notes

[Tim Sutton]

Hi William

Great to get these updates thanks!

Regards

Tim

2007/11/5, William Kyngesburye <woklist at kyngchaos.com>:
> I'm almost done rebuilding my frameworks for Leopard.  Here are some
> interesting things that will affect Qgis.
>
> - Python - Leopard has Python 2.5.1.  No need for an extra python
> install, maybe.  The Python framework binary and most of the binary
> extensions are 64bit ready.  BUT, anything that needs Carbon, is not
> 64bits.
>
> CARBON IS DEAD.  It is deprecated in Leopard, and is not even 64bit
> ready, though it still exists in the standard 32bits.
>
> So, the python executable is not 64bits either, so you don't
> accidntally run something in 64bits that needs Carbon extensions. bleh.
>
>
> - Since Carbon is dead (or at least doesn't exist in 64bits), Qt is
> not 64bit ready, and will probably not be so for quite a while - until
> TrollTech can convert everything to Cocoa.  It will be quite a while
> before Qgis can be 64bits on OSX :(
>
>
> - SIP/PyQt warning - these install in the system/python root, not in
> the user python root.  In the old python extra install, these were the
> same - in the framework.  In Leopard, there is now a user site-
> packages, /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages.  Installing in the system
> python location, just like for anything else in the OSX system, is
> wrong.
>
> So, it may be a good idea to install the old python package anyways.
>
>
> Otehrwise, the old Qgis Tiger build is working on Leopard.  I haven't
> tried installing the old python yet to see if that works.
>
> -----
> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com>
> http://www.kyngchaos.com/
>
> The equator is so long, it could encircle the earth completely once.
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