Re: Future of OS X Binary Installer
Alex Clark <[email protected]>
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Hi, On 2/17/12 12:00 PM, Steve McMahon wrote: > Hi Folks! > > I'm going to take the announcement of Mountain Lion as an opportunity to > step down as maintainer of the OS X binary installer. I'll continue to > maintain it (unless someone wants to take over) until the release of > Mountain Lion, but I won't try to update it for 10.8. > > I will be happy to keep working on the Unified Installer, and will > update it work with 10.8 after its release. > > So, if we're to have an OS X binary installer in the future, we'll need > a new maintainer / developer. I'll be happy to help with the transition. > > There are lots of opportunities for improving this installer. In > particular, it's had no GUI controller since Apple dropped support for > wxPython in Lion. If you're interested, you can take a look at the > installer's existing code base at https://github.com/plone/Installers-OS-X. I am willing to be part of a team responsible for producing an OS X installer, if that helps. I don't know yet if I can commit to actually producing a release, but maybe. Thanks for all your hard work on this! Alex > > Steve > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization& Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Plone-installers mailing list > Plone-installers-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plone-installers -- Alex Clark · http://pythonpackages.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/