Hi John:
Just to put this into context, my "general plea" was that of a small-
time user with very finite time and resources who has tried to make
stuff available from my two computers to others, not that of a
developer. In addition, coot in fink should compile on 10.4, 10.5,
and 10.6; that is the beauty of compiling everything yourself with a
package manager like fink (or manually) -- you don't have to rely upon
anyone else's OS or hardware configuration.
This was the first I had heard of that problem; the fix with 10.6.1
was made rather quickly. In general, 10.6 has been rather more like a
point upgrade, and indeed has been the smoothest of any I remember.
Having 64-bit coot might be worth the 10.6 upgrade if you are working
on large complexes. I'm a natural-born Luddite, and only grudgingly
own one horseless carriage and actually have no cell phone, and I
never use the ccp4i gui.
All the best,
Bill
William G. Scott
contact info: http://chemistry.ucsc.edu/~wgscott
On Oct 11, 2009, at 11:59 PM, John M. Berrisford wrote:
I guess sometimes its not worth instantly upgrading to the bleeding
edge versions of software until all the major bugs have been sorted...
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10346974-263.html
"Snow Leopard wiping home directory after guest log-in?"
Please can the developers keep backwards compatibility with a recent
version of operating systems not just the latest release.
Thanks
John
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