On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Russell E. Owen <ro...@uw...> wrote: > What I need is a python, numpy, and matplotlib that support 32-bit and > (preferably) 64-bit for MacOS X 10.6 and later. I have been using > python.org python and the standard binary installers until now. > well we (that is, Matthew) have scripts that build those, so no reason not to keep doing it. > Until Mavericks I was using 64-bit mode. Unfortunately 32-bit is > required for older versions of Tcl/Tk to run under Mavericks kind of ironic that the latest OS doesn't end up supporting 64 bit! > I realize I'm in an unusual situation, maybe -- but tkInter is part of the standard library, so we probably do want to support it! If nothing else, various folks that teach Python use the turtle module early on -- and one of the use cases for easy-to-fine-and-install binaries is newbies... > and I'm not the one building the > binaries and trying to deal with the ATLAS headaches. If worst comes to > worst we can stay at the current version of numpy and matplotlib (at > least for now). Long term we should probably switch away from Tcl/TK, > though that would be a huge undertaking, or hire somebody to fix the > Tcl/Tk bug. Is Tcl/Tk that unused that this isn't getting addressed? kind of Sad, though I was never a big fan -- at least once I discovered Python... -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception Chr...@no...