About Python version

[Khaled Hosny]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 04:22:53PM +0100, jan iversen wrote:
> > So I wonder what Python version should be used for LO master sources?
> > I used --enable-python=internal but my config.log displays some 2.7 ref, see
> > https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103363#c15
> > 
> I had build problems on osx sierra, due to the fact that I installed Python3 (official) alongside the apple 2.7 version.
> 
> tml_ helped me solve the problem, which boiled down to use:
> --enable-python=fullyinternal
> 
> When I used =internal I got a mixture of 2.7 and 3.5 header files.
> 
> This is clearly something that needs to be adressed in configure.ac and is on my list (but that is a long list).

The general rule that I learnt about building on Mac is to never ever
add anything to the system path that does not come with the OS or havoc
will happen in our build system.

Regards,
Khaled