Where are we with simultaneous Python Framework installs

[Blair Zajac]

Rainer Müller wrote:
> Blair Zajac wrote:
>> I'd like to move to Python 2.5 for all our PyQt and GUI apps that 
>> require the Framework build.  We have some major apps written on 2.4, 
>> so I'd like to be able to have 2.4 and 2.5 simulatenously installed so 
>> developers can check their work on the same system with a single 
>> MacPorts install.
> 
> See http://trac.macports.org/wiki/PythonFrameworkTransition and the 
> python-frameworks branch in svn. I tried to make python24 and python25 
> more similar and build both as frameworks.
> 
> Before this can be released we need an easy way for the transition as 
> described on the wiki page.

I don't think we can just move the site-packages, can we?  There are .so's in there.

Shouldn't we require a recompile of all python 25 ports?  It's safer.  Just bump 
all the revisions after we release 1.6.1.

> Also updates to the python port groups are necessary. Currently they are 
> shipped with base, so we can't update them at any time, only with 
> releases. See ticket #14553 [1] for more. Sure we could solve this issue 
> before (with a release) and then update the port groups whenever we like 
> without waiting for new releases.
> 
>> Were we going to have the port system update the 
>> /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current 
>> symlink depending upon the version of Python that is currently being 
>> used for a build?
> 
> python_select will take care of this and set Current to the python 
> version you selected.
> 
> If we also need to update this at build time, the python port groups 
> need an update to set and restore this link for building. Is there no 
> other way to choose a version than changing the Current symlink? I am 
> afraid of race conditions when we often change this symlink...

We just need this symlink for building though?  After build time doesn't 
everything have the Current symlink resolved?

We would need a lock on simultaneous Python builds also.

Blair

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