I think mac will work now

.travis.yml

@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ matrix:
 
     # This environment tests the same conditions as above, but tests against MAC OS X,
     # using virtualenv instead of the conda python distribution
-    #- os: osx
-    #  language: generic
-    #  env: DISTRIB="virtualenv" PYTHON_VERSION="2.7" CYTHON_VERSION="0.23.5"
-    #       COVERAGE=true SCIKIT_LEARN_VERSION="0.17.1" DEPLOY=true CACHEC=false
+    - os: osx
+      language: generic
+      env: DISTRIB="virtualenv" PYTHON_VERSION="2.7" CYTHON_VERSION="0.23.5"
+           COVERAGE=true SCIKIT_LEARN_VERSION="0.17.1" DEPLOY=true CACHEC=false
 
     # This environment tests Python 3.5 support on linux
     - os: linux
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@ matrix:
            NUMPY_VERSION="1.12.1" SCIPY_VERSION="0.19.0" CYTHON_VERSION="0.25.2"
            COVERAGE=true SCIKIT_LEARN_VERSION="0.18" STATSMODELS_VERSION="0.8"
            DEPLOY=true CACHEC=true DOCKER_IMAGE="quay.io/pypa/manylinux1_x86_64"
-           DOCKER_CONTAINER_NAME="pyramidcontainer"
+           DOCKER_CONTAINER_NAME="pyramidcontainer" BUILD_TAR=true
 
     # This environment tests Python 3.5 support on MAC OS X, using virtualenv
     # instead of the conda python distribution
-    #- os: osx
-    #  language: generic
-    #  env: DISTRIB="virtualenv" PYTHON_VERSION="3.5"
-    #       NUMPY_VERSION="1.12.1" SCIPY_VERSION="0.19.0" CYTHON_VERSION="0.25.2"
-    #       COVERAGE=true SCIKIT_LEARN_VERSION="0.18" STATSMODELS_VERSION="0.8"
-    #       DEPLOY=true CACHEC=false
+    - os: osx
+      language: generic
+      env: DISTRIB="virtualenv" PYTHON_VERSION="3.5"
+           NUMPY_VERSION="1.12.1" SCIPY_VERSION="0.19.0" CYTHON_VERSION="0.25.2"
+           COVERAGE=true SCIKIT_LEARN_VERSION="0.18" STATSMODELS_VERSION="0.8"
+           DEPLOY=true CACHEC=false
 
     # This environment tests the newest supported Anaconda release (4.4.0) and
     # runs on linux
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ notifications:
 
 deploy:
   #server: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/ # Upload to pypi test server
-  distributions: "bdist_wheel" # Upload .whl files only.
+  # script:
+  #   - bash build_tools/travis/build_wheels.sh
+  #   - ls dist/
+  #   - python -m twine upload --skip-existing dist/*
   skip_upload_docs: true
   skip_cleanup: true # release artifacts as well
   on:

build_tools/travis/before_install.sh

@@ -12,25 +12,41 @@ if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then
 # homebrew, since it's ONLY for 64-bit distros and will not build a wheel
 # with the 10_6 platform.
 else
-  # depending on the python version, get a different one
+  # depending on the python version, get a different version pkg
   if [[ "$PYTHON_VERSION" == "2.7" ]]; then
     PYTHON_VERSION="2.7.13"
-    PYTHON_NAME="Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}-macosx10.6"
+    PYTHON_NAME="python-${PYTHON_VERSION}-macosx10.6"
   else
     PYTHON_VERSION="3.5.4"
-    PYTHON_NAME="Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}rc1-macosx10.6"
+    # 3.5.4 only ever had a release candidate, never a final, formal release
+    PYTHON_NAME="python-${PYTHON_VERSION}rc1-macosx10.6"
   fi
 
-  # curl the URL
+  # curl the pkg from python.org
   cd ${HOME}
   curl https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/${PYTHON_NAME}.pkg > ${PYTHON_NAME}.pkg
 
-  # unpack
-  ls -la
+  # for some reason the installer complains about the package path being off?
+  test -f ${PYTHON_NAME}.pkg || echo "${PYTHON_NAME}.pkg does not exist"
   echo "Changing permissions to 777"
   sudo chmod 777 ${PYTHON_NAME}.pkg
+
+  # install using the installer (following is relevant documentation from `man installer`)
   echo "Installing from pkg"
-  sudo installer -pkg ${PYTHON_NAME}.pkg -target /
+
+  # The installer command is used to install Mac OS X installer packages to a specified domain or volume.
+  # The installer command installs a single package per invocation, which is specified with the -package
+  # parameter ( -pkg is accepted as a synonym).  It may be either a single package or a metapackage.
+  # In the case of the metapackage, the packages which are part of the default install will be installed
+  # unless disqualified by a package's check tool(s).
+  #
+  # The target volume is specified with the -target parameter ( -tgt is accepted as a synonym).  It must already
+  # be mounted when the installer command is invoked.
+  #
+  # The installer command requires root privileges to run.  If a package requires authentication (set in a
+  # package's .info file) the installer must be either run as root or with the sudo(8) command (but see further
+  # discussion under the -store option).
+  sudo installer -package ${PYTHON_NAME}.pkg -target /
 
   # add python to the path
   export PATH=/usr/bin/python:${PATH}

build_tools/travis/build_wheels.sh

@@ -39,3 +39,8 @@ elif [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "osx" ]; then
 else
     echo "Cannot build on ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}."
 fi
+
+# only one env will have us build the tar file for src dist
+if [[ "$BUILD_TAR" ]]; then
+    python setup.py sdist
+fi