Hi all, I've got an OSX iMac to help volunteer with! I can't say I'm a OSX guru, but really good at following instructions! If anyone wants to work with me, I could probably devote some hours to helping out, at least testing, etc. I think I've got Xcode (?) installed somewhere on my iMac....
Tony ******************************************* Tony Bandy to...@ohionet.org OHIONET 1500 West Lane Ave. Columbus, OH 43221-3975 1-800-686-8975 x19 ******************************************** On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Galen Charlton <g...@esilibrary.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich > <alexey.la...@mnsu.edu> wrote: > > What is the reason for lack of "official" releases of staff client > software for Mac OS (and Linux)? Is it strategy, because there is no need, > or like with some other things, not enough volunteers? > > I don't think it's a strategy per se, just more a lack of volunteers. > If somebody were to step forward and volunteer to package OS X clients > as part of the release-cutting process, I think that would be welcomed > with open arms. Even better would be if somebody could submit a patch > to automate building them. Triple-word-score if it could be done > without requiring an OS X box. > > Similiarly, if somebody were to step up and get involved in packing > the Linux clients for various distributions, that would be great. The > technical bar is lower, as Thomas' good work with the staff client > autoupdate mechanism means that it's become quite easy to build Linux > clients; at this point the main question is whether somebody is up to > maintaining and testing .deb or ..rpm. > > Regards, > > Galen > -- > Galen Charlton > Director of Implementation > Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts > email: g...@esilibrary.com > direct: +1 770-709-5581 > cell: +1 404-984-4366 > skype: gmcharlt > web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ > Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & > http://evergreen-ils.org >