On 26/10/16 12:39, Lawrence Paulson wrote: > I see no need for a (?) next to El Capitan. I’ve been using it on multiple > machines for nearly a year.
The question mark means that there is no reference system as a proof for platform support. This is required for the following reasons: >> Generally, the reference systems according to Isabelle/Admin/PLATFORMS >> are required for three main purposes: >> >> * Compilation of Isabelle components (via ssh) -- on the *oldest* >> supported version. >> >> * Routine batch-builds of Isabelle + add-on tools -- on *all* >> supported versions. This is usually done by the administrative cronjob. >> >> * Occasional interactive tests (via Screen Sharing), to figure out GUI >> portability problems, to test the Isabelle.app integration etc. Before we introduced these reference systems, platform support was less systematic, and generally less ambitious. That was before 2007/2008. Makarius _______________________________________________ isabelle-dev mailing list isabelle-...@in.tum.de https://mailmanbroy.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/mailman/listinfo/isabelle-dev