Re: [Gnumed-devel] Mac-specific issues (was Release 0.2.8)

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 05:43:45PM -0800, James Busser wrote:

> It is not as you might fear... the version on which any one Mac OS release 
> (Tiger, Leopard etc) depends *is* insulated from regular users for example 
> the GUI will not show

Oh, OK, I indeed got the wrong impression from what I had
read and heard.

> Also, as far as I know, downloading and installing a new python will 
> normally not touch the above, and administrators can get the newer python 
> used by methods including those I referenced the wiki.
Good.

> It is mainly when hackers have tried to forcibly remove or replace the 
> framework python that they made their Mac OS unstable and had to reinstall.
I see. It's the same with any other OS. If someone
half-clued forcibly installs incompatible packages things
can get screwed up.

Karsten
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