Re: Future of OS X Binary Installer
David Glick <[email protected]>
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On 2/17/12 9:00 AM, 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. > > Steve, I'm sure I can speak for the entire community in thanking you for your long service in maintaining the installer. Much appreciated. David ---------- David Glick Web Developer [email protected] 206.286.1235x32 Engagement technology for social and environmental change. http://www.groundwire.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/