Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of pkg-python

Timestamp:

Jun 27, 2012, 10:05:35 AM (12 years ago)

Author:

maphew

Comment:

highlight other wiki python pages of note; fix erroneous info re: .py file association

pkg-python

@@ -4 +4 @@
  * Python commandline interpreter, and libraries.
  * The interpreter can be invoked as python in the osgeo4w shell. 
- * The Python interpreter is ''not'' associated with the .py extension in the shell, so you can run .py files directly.
+ * The Python interpreter is ''not'' associated with the .py extension in the shell, so you must run .py files with `python foobar.py` and not by double-clicking on them
  * Documentation is not included (beyond builtin doc strings)
  * Tcl support is not included.
@@ -13 +13 @@
 ||version|| 2.7.2-2||
 
+Other python pages of note:
+
+  * ExternalPythonPackages - How to install python packages which aren't part of the osgeo4w system
+  * [wiki:pkg-python/Python27] - building the Python 2.7 package
+  * RequiresPython - packages which depend on Python
+
+
+
 == Packager Notes ==
 
@@ -19 +27 @@
  * Include files and libraries are included, but in the `apps\Python27` tree.  The `distutils/sysconfig.py` settings should be correct.
  * Extensions may need to be compiled with VC7.1 to be compatible. 
- * etc\ini\python.bat set PYTHONHOME to control sys.prefix and finding of libraries, etc.  This should supercede any other python on the system when python is run within the OSGeo4W shell.
+ * etc\ini\python.bat set PYTHONHOME to control sys.prefix and finding of libraries, etc.  This should supersede any other python on the system when python is run within the OSGeo4W shell.
 
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