On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 07:39:28AM +0100, Keith J. Schultz wrote: > Xcode 4 supports 10.5! > Xcode 4 supports iOS 4.3! > > I do not see M$ offering a Development system for free.
Er, actually: http://www.microsoft.com/express/Windows/ > Lion is out in beta! > > regards > Keith. --Greg > Am 11.03.2011 um 12:22 schrieb Bayard Bell: > > > Agreed. Xcode 4 looks to be there for Lion support, so it's logical that it > > would drop support for 10.5 and any platforms that don't have support after > > that point. When Apple introduced Leopard, they weren't even shipping > > PPC-based systems anymore, and it's now getting on five years since the > > Power Mac G5 was discontinued. Now, as Snow Leopard removed PPC as a > > default part of universal builds, I expect that PPC support has been > > diminished by Snow Leopard uptake. (As far as these things go, it would be > > easier to support platform/OS transitions if Apple had terms for supporting > > virtualised non-server installs.) Renewing commitment to PPC after Lion > > transition wouldn't just be a significant commitment and a change of > > direction but would have to start from a capacity that has atrophied for > > some years. > > > > On the other hand, we're talking about a compiler suite that's just shipped > > with a relationship to an as-yet unshipped OS that hasn't been clarified by > > Apple. I certainly wouldn't expect it to "just work" at this stage, and, > > although its introduction will require some decisions to be made about > > transition issues, about all that can be tabled at this point is background > > on policy and history, which doesn't establish more than preferences and > > how people arrive at them. > > > > On a separate note, I think it's pretty lame to have to buy a compiler > > suite license in addition to an OS license. If you want to charge for the > > IDE, fine, but in that case, please provide a separate free distribution of > > the compiler suite. Taken together with Apple's terms for in-app payments > > and content subscriptions, Apple is clearly moving from revenue sharing to > > rent seeking from developers and putting a squeeze on FOSS development for > > its platform in the process, which is a most unwelcome turn. > > > > On 11 Mar 2011, at 09:46, Rainer M?ller wrote: > > > >> On 03/11/2011 10:28 AM, Panayotis Katsaloulis wrote: > >>> I believe it should be important to keep PPC compatibility and > >>> somehow automate the process of "keeping" the old SDK files... > >> > >> Xcode 4 is for Snow Leopard only which does not support ppc anymore. > >> Lion is going to be around soon. MacPorts usually supports the latest > >> two releases of Mac OS X, which will become Snow Leopard and Lion. None > >> of them runs on ppc anymore, so in the context of MacPorts I don't think > >> it is worth to support compiling for ppc with Xcode 4. > >> > >> Rainer > >> _______________________________________________ > >> macports-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > macports-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users > > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users > _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
