1 Building a MacPython distribution
2 =================================
4 The ``build-install.py`` script creates MacPython distributions, including
5 sleepycat db4, sqlite3 and readline support. It builds a complete
6 framework-based Python out-of-tree, installs it in a funny place with
7 $DESTROOT, massages that installation to remove .pyc files and such, creates
8 an Installer package from the installation plus other files in ``resources``
9 and ``scripts`` and placed that on a ``.dmg`` disk image.
14 * A MacOS X 10.4 (or later)
16 * XCode 2.2 (or later), with the universal SDK
18 * No Fink (in ``/sw``) or DarwinPorts (in ``/opt/local``), those could
19 interfere with the build.
21 * The documentation for the release must be available on python.org
22 because it is included in the installer.
28 Here are the steps you need to follow to build a MacPython installer:
30 * Run ``./build-installer.py``. Optionally you can pass a number of arguments
31 to specify locations of various files. Please see the top of
32 ``build-installer.py`` for its usage.
34 Running this script takes some time, I will not only build Python itself
35 but also some 3th-party libraries that are needed for extensions.
37 * When done the script will tell you where the DMG image is (by default
38 somewhere in ``/tmp/_py``).
40 Building a 4-way universal installer
41 ....................................
43 It is also possible to build a 4-way universal installer that runs on
44 OSX Leopard or later::
46 $ ./build-installer.py --dep-target=10.5 --universal-archs=all --sdk=/
48 This requires that the deployment target is 10.5 (or later), and hence
49 also that your building on at least OSX 10.5.
54 The resulting binaries should work on MacOSX 10.3.9 or later. I usually run
55 the installer on a 10.3.9, a 10.4.x PPC and a 10.4.x Intel system and then
56 run the testsuite to make sure.
62 (This is mostly of historic interest)
64 When all is done, announcements can be posted to at least the following
66 - pythonmac-sig@python.org
67 - python-dev@python.org
68 - python-announce@python.org
69 - archivist@info-mac.org
72 - http://www.macupdate.com
73 - http://guide.apple.com/usindex.lasso
74 - http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/submit
75 - http://www.versiontracker.com/ (userid Jack.Jansen@oratrix.com)
76 - http://www.macshareware.net (userid jackjansen)
78 Also, check out Stephan Deibels http://pythonology.org/market contact list