Am 08.08.2012 um 12:38 schrieb Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]>:
> > On Aug 8, 2012, at 05:21, Jim Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ok, I was confused. I thought someone said (either in this thread or in >> another one) that it's the command line utils package that you have to >> pay for. That's obviously not the case, as I have gcc, java, etc., and >> was not aware (until now---thanks) of the link for a free account. >> >> So what IS this xcode package? And what's the $99 for? Is that the >> equivalent of Google's $25 one-time fee for Android developers? Or is >> it for something entirely different? Just curious.... > > The $99 account allows you transfer iOS apps you've developed to your > physical iOS devices, and lets you sell apps you've developed on the Mac and > iOS App Stores. It probably also does other things that are nice if you're a > software developer; I haven't looked into it fully. > > Suffice to say you don't need that level of Apple Developer Connection > membership to use MacPorts. You only need a free ADC account, basically just > so that you can download Xcode and its command line tools. > It also allows you to download and use previews, betas, GM and releases of iOS and OS X (+OS X Server) to test your software against. Also old releases of OSX and OS X Server (for pre Lion server you get a one year license). For xcode you don't even need to register a developer account as you can get it for free from the App Store (and normally the developer tools through xcode). Take care Dom _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
