Hi, On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 5:18 AM, Chris Barker <chr...@no...> wrote: > 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... Updating for those of you not on the numpy mailing list - I've uploaded 32 / 64 bit numpy / scipy wheels to pypi, so we should be good for 32-bit compatibility now. I hope that will continue for at least a couple of years, because I've automated the 32 / 64 bit build process [1] and added 32-bit tests to my scipy-stack test rig [2]. So, I think it is time to rename the matplotlib wheels as I proposed at the beginning of the thread. I propose to do that tomorrow unless anyone can think of a reason not to. Cheers, Matthew [1] https://github.com/matthew-brett/numpy-atlas-binaries [2] https://travis-ci.org/matthew-brett/scipy-stack-osx-testing