[Zope-dev] Re: Zope on Python 2.5?

[Jens Vagelpohl]

On Nov 1, 2007, at 14:17 , Jim Fulton wrote:
>> We generally encourage not to use the system Python in everything  
>> we ship (Windows, Mac and Unified installers all ship their own  
>> Python)
>
> Cool. Note that I think this problem will get worse as system  
> packages include more and more of the packages we use. I read  
> yesterday that the Python in Mac OS X Leopard includes zope.interface.

Yes, that's true. It's included (version 3.3.0) because Twisted needs  
it, which is also part of the standard OS X 10.5 Python installation.

 From what I heard Twisted is used for the OS X Server CalDAV service.  
 From a sysadmin view I'd be afraid that careless use of easy_install  
for the system Python has the potential to break such built-in OS X  
applications. Another reason not to use the system Python.

jens