Feb
12
Sticking with Apple's Python 2.7
Why install a third-party Python 2.7?
Python.org, Homebrew, scipy.org, 69105 different blog posts explaining how to install numpy/scipy/etc. on a Mac, etc. all tell you to install a different Python alongside Apple's. Almost nobody tells you to just use Apple's (except Homebrew, but they also tell you the opposite…).
There are some good reasons to install a third-party Python 2.7 on your Mac. If any of these apply, go install it:
You have an older OS X that doesn't come with 2.7. You need one of the fixes in the latest 2.7.x. You plan to use py2app to distribute binary applications.
Python.org, Homebrew, scipy.org, 69105 different blog posts explaining how to install numpy/scipy/etc. on a Mac, etc. all tell you to install a different Python alongside Apple's. Almost nobody tells you to just use Apple's (except Homebrew, but they also tell you the opposite…).
There are some good reasons to install a third-party Python 2.7 on your Mac. If any of these apply, go install it:
You have an older OS X that doesn't come with 2.7. You need one of the fixes in the latest 2.7.x. You plan to use py2app to distribute binary applications.
