diff -r ffa851df0825 -r 2fb8b9db1c86 symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12/python-2.6.1/Mac/BuildScript/README.txt --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12/python-2.6.1/Mac/BuildScript/README.txt Fri Jul 31 15:01:17 2009 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +Building a MacPython distribution +================================= + +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. + +Prerequisites +------------- + +* A MacOS X 10.4 (or later) + +* XCode 2.2 (or later), with the universal SDK + +* 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. + + +The Recipe +---------- + +Here are the steps you need to follow to build a MacPython installer: + +* 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``). + +Testing +------- + +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. + + +Announcements +------------- + +(This is mostly of historic interest) + +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) + +Also, check out Stephan Deibels http://pythonology.org/market contact list