Hi On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 8:14 PM, gene <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, > What is really confounding is that my colleagues on Windows or Linux do not > encounter this kind of problem. > However, I know many people who work with QGIS on Mac ( Leopard, Snow > Leopard and Lion) but I have the impression that we are not taken seriously > by the QGIS developers and some plugins developers. >
I dont think that is a fair assessment. We have been really fortunate to have William and now Larry supporting OSX (together constituing around 10% of our core developer force) and we have a few 'power users' who hang out on IRC and regularly give feedback to try to improve OSX. The fact is that we are a small team of developers with a general leaning towards working on Linux based systems for our development work - it fits well with the ethos of Free Software which we are trying to promote with QGIS. Both OSX and Windows in my limited experience in using them as a development platform are idiosyncratic and present various difficulties that stand in the way of a productive coding session compared to the relatively simple platform provided by Linux, so they don't tend to be 'home base' for the majority of developers. However we do take care to ensure that new developments in QGIS are never locked in to one specific platform and try as far as possible to ensure that things will work seamlessly across all 4 platforms, which believe me is not always a trivial task. The best task to improving mac support is to speak up as you have done and let folks know where your issues lie and where possible folks will try to accommodate you. Regards Tim > But I can understand, William (an now you) for Mac, how many for Windows and > Linux ? > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Nightly-builds-of-master-branch-for-Mac-tp5001451p5001772.html > Sent from the Quantum GIS - Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) ============================================== Please do not email me off-list with technical support questions. Using the lists will gain more exposure for your issues and the knowledge surrounding your issue will be shared with all. Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: * QGIS programming and support services * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans * FOSS Consulting Services Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net ============================================== _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
