Why can't I select the Mountain Lion Python 2.7?

[Jasper Frumau]

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> PS: I'm increasingly becoming more opposed to mailing lists - they require
> so much setup. Is this community also active on
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/macports ? I find Stack
> Overflow to be a much more natural place for these sorts of Q&As, with
> mailing lists being reserved for discussions (Google Groups is easily the
> most superior choice).
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I normally get answers here way quicker on the mailing list as all the
experts are here. Asked a question on Stack Overflow as well, but got it
answered through the mailing list in the end.


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> Sam
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> On 9 Aug 2012, at 00:09, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Sam Halliday <sam.halliday at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Furthermore, is it possible to install "subversion-python27bindings"
> against
> > the system Python 2.7?
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> > No it is not, no this is not a bug, no it will not be "fixed".  This is
> also why there's no mechanism to select the system python (although it
> wouldn't be that difficult to add one, it's usually a bad idea).
> > https://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#ownlibs (and most of the questions
> around it)
> >
> > Homebrew was the most recent attempt by someone to pretend that avoiding
> the system-installed stuff is "just being stupid" or whatever.  It, like
> everyone else, has switched to installing and managing its own ecosystem.
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> > --
> > brandon s allbery
> allbery.b at gmail.com
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