Like so much else in this project, from my perspective, it is lack of time. The Balsam libraries, especially the public schools have a number of Macs and I did build an osX client for 2.0.9. My next upgrade will be a jump to 2.2 probably during this quarter. At that time I'll create a 2.2 staff client of osX out of necessity. Between Sitka and Balsam and a few others there are some osX clients around however. Tony, your help would be Greatfully accepted!
Thanks in advance. Steve Wills -----Original Message----- From: Tony Bandy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 11:38 AM To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group' Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Staff client software vs. web-based interface 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 [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] 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
