Re: MacOS package

No one is belitting the mac platform, its just that no one has taken
up the task of porting pnet to Mac OS properly. I am the one who is
supposed to be doing those things, but I merely make dmged pkgs on
occassion that install int /usr/local.  If you would like to take a
stab at installing pnet properly into a framework and perhaps making a
bundle to wrap ilrun properly so it runs with a terminal, please do
so. I don't think anyone is working on it at this time, and I would
certainly not feel any pain in my toes if you chose to make the pnet
experience wonderful on a mac.

P.S. I am unable to use my previous email address, [email protected],
for those who might be wondering.

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:43:26 -0400, Oscar Papel <[email protected]> wrote:
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> From: "Ole Guldberg Jensen" <[email protected]>
> To: "Oscar Papel" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Maciek Plewa" <[email protected]>; "Gopal V"
> <gopalv82-/[email protected]>; "Andrew Revvo" <[email protected]>;
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> Subject: Re: [DotGNU]MacOS package
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> > Oscar Papel wrote:
> > | This just redirects you to the Darwinports page for the pnet port.
> > | He specifically mentioned that darwinports would not work for him.
> > |
> > | I think he is looking for a mac friendly pnet.pkg
> >
> > eeeh, i have used darwinports on macosx 10.3.5 to make the old dmgs,
> > they work on macosx !
> >
> > anyhow, i have made new ones (pnet* 0.6.8 treecc 0.3.2, libjit 0.0.4),
> 
> Darwinports is the farthest thing from the Mac way of doing things, at least
> from a software distribution stage.
> The Original Poster just wants an official link and a binary build so that
> he can point his users at if and when installation is needed.
> This is so that there are no license violations.  Specifically, the clause
> about source code availability.
> Since it is a shared component, it doesn't make sense to build your own.
> There should be a standard build installed into a standard location
> (and /opt/local is NOT a standard Mac directory). The typical Mac user
> doesn't want to have to use Darwinports, XCode/gcc, or even a Terminal
> window in order to do an install.
> 
> Most shared libraries are installed in /Library/Framework as a framework.
> Frameworks can hold multiple versions of pnet so this isn't an issue.
> By having a common location, we can manage and share pnet between products.
> 
> > I do encourage people to use darwinports insted of the dmgs - i seems to
> > forget to update the dmgs.
> 
> pnet will never make significant inroads on the Mac front if we ignore or
> belittle their standards.  They just won't even give it a second look if
> it's not "Mac" enough.
> 
> I know everyone here is a volunteer and I appreciate all the hard work.
> I don't want to step on anyone's toes.
> I'm just trying to make the Mac a great platform for pnet.
> 
> Oscar 
> 
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