Hi, I'm a couple of days away from a first release of CitrusPerl which is a binary distribution of Perl intended for use either by folks intending to use a packager to wrap applications or, as it is released under the Perl Artistic License (apart from the different licenses attaching to linked code in modules such as DBD::mysql etc), is fully re-distributable in its own right so anyone could bundle up extra modules with it and distribute that.
My main focus has been getting the minimum footprint needed to support a portable Wx and DBDs Pg, mysql and SQLite plus the main SSL modules. My goal is that CitrusPerl should lower the barrier for starting cross-platform GUI application work with Perl. Everything should be as common as possible across Mac OS X, Linux and MSWin. I plan to add Tkx support - or rather I've a vague notion to do so - I've never written a single line of Tkx code so I may face difficulty. I was in fact testing that cpan -i Padre works on the Mac OS X build - which it does barring some issues with Mac::SystemDirectory but fixes for this have already been uploaded to CPAN by the author. Expect a Mac OS X release in a few days followed quickly by Windows & Linux. Obviously, my personal interest is in getting lots more folks to write wxPerl apps using a binary distribution with fixed characteristics - all the better for using packaging tools with :-) However, I thought that by avoiding any proprietary code the distribution might also prove useful to the community. It would be nice to be reasonably sure what the Wx installation your code runs on is like. I won't have the necessary modules in this release that will allow you to do citrus->unpack citrus->cpan -i Padre citrus->repack so would y'all like me to produce a Padre bundle with the Mac OS X release? Eventually I'll get the source for the build scripts in an OS repository. H.T.H. Mark On 02/02/2011 08:09, Gabor Szabo wrote: > 2011/2/1 Burak Gürsoy<burakgur...@gmx.net>: >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: padre-dev-boun...@perlide.org [mailto:padre-dev- >>> boun...@perlide.org] On Behalf Of Mark Dootson >>> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 2:53 AM >>> To: padre-dev@perlide.org >>> Subject: Re: [Padre-dev] Anyone able to compile Wx on OSX? >> >>> You could also just 'give in' and install ActivePerl - on which Padre >>> builds fine for me. (ppms etc) >>> >>> Hope this helps anyone starting out with Perl on Mac OS X to avoid >>> grief >>> and abandon the system Perl sooner rather than later. >> >> Compiled a 64bit perl 5.12, then 32bit perl 5.12. >> Also installed ActivePerl. Still can't compile Wx and ppm repo >> Does not seem to have Wx (don't know people care about ppm on >> OSX like ppm on Windows). So, I gave up on Wx instead (for now). >> Too much trouble... > > That's sad. > > I am not really good at compiling stuff but I think soon I'll have > to invest in a Mac so and start dealing with this issue. > > Gabor > _______________________________________________ > Padre-dev mailing list > Padre-dev@perlide.org > http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev _______________________________________________ Padre-dev mailing list Padre-dev@perlide.org http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev
