Re: Fwd: [Evangelism] Good way to scare new users off

Thank you Steve!

On 09/07/12 00:10, Steve McMahon wrote:
> The basic problem here was that the Unified Installer lacked the egg
> for the OS X graphical controller. That was a special OS X add on
> which the installer activated (on installation) for OS X 10.5 and
> 10.6. So, the lack wouldn't show up on anything except a 10.5 or 10.6
> machine.
>
> With 10.8 on the horizon, 10.6 will be out-of-date two releases, and I
> don't see any point in having the Unified Installer include a special
> graphical controller for an out-of-date OS.
>
> So, unless someone screams loudly, I'm going to solve this problem for
> our 4.2+ by removing the OS X graphical controller from the Unified
> Installer kit. It will still install on OS X 10.5 and 10.6, but
> without the graphical controller.
Sounds good enough.

I was planing to release the OS X installer for older versions but it
would be impossible to do it on the road (as Apple forced VMWare to only
allow 10.7 as guests under Fusion). This would also solve this problem
as 10.5 and 10.6 users would have a binary installer available.

> Steve (who is still bitter with apple for it's dropping wxPython
> without notice).
Again, thank you for fixing this so quickly.

best,
ea

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Live Security Virtual Conference
Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and 
threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions 
will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware 
threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/

_______________________________________________
Plone-installers mailing list
Plone-installers-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plone-installers

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.18 (Darwin)
Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/

iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJP+/2sAAoJEPbsMFj29cQQ8I8H/3Fszw+mXdDT9GgZtvw02I0W
2hSWAdbmUgjMRgcJF3Gg7Si93x59Rk6ErCQ5xub0llRNBKvVap3s3LsCXw2gxG6L
rIu/hP/Jve091yRCCp6C3dGquDTpyX5eL5F1RATHFEdXzCszb9dqP3m2I40zV9pS
mXk/enS3uYad1troNATBEaBSOCt3ox7Nc9WWthNmPSKhuLj6UcBWf1AX3vmAOR5P
ngrl+O+zfaQypvApvJbbHapJC8nTSMwOd62Hld86TUDm2smQeAVpk/7CdXQj4rNI
UBW6+IiSmgsNcuTvr7GVrD/PtcKXeeQZWun17Q1+k+IKadK6BaQnnobfAUWjugo=
=ByYu
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----