FWIW, macOS users* asking for help have been very happy to learn there was a very easy to install app, thanks to Marc Culler.
Guillermo * At least some of them. On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 at 22:13, Emmanuel Charpentier < [email protected]> wrote: > Le mardi 25 février 2025 à 21:46:26 UTC+1, [email protected] a écrit : > > On Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 1:42:57 PM UTC-6 emanuel.c wrote: > > Maybe Mac users could consider the current solution used by Windows users > : install a virtual machine using some "Real Unix" distribution, and > install Sage there. It's supposed to be liveable on Windows... > > > "Livable" is an extremely low bar, > > > Indeed. > > > especially compared to the current situation for macOS users, which is > that they can easily install the latest release of Sage in a familiar way > (drag the app into the Applications forlder) > > > Ah ? Where do all those "I can't install Sage on my Mac ! Help me !" > messages come from ? > > > or by running the command "brew install sage" in a terminal, if they have > Homebrew. > > You are proposing to "improve" their situation by forcing them to install > a virtual computer and then forcing them to install linux in the virtual > computer and then forcing them to learn their way around linux > > > Isn't Mac OS supposed to be Unix-based ? Where is the Unix "experience" ? > > > so that they can install an extremely out of date version of Sage (e.g. > 9.5 on Ubuntu 22.04) or use a "bleeding edge" version of linux. > > > Or install from source on a stable version of Linux. Which seems easier > than copiung with the zillion (combinatorial explosion you know...) > variations opened by the various uses of Homebrew... > > > - Marc > > PS Declaring "I would't touch Mac OS in a class A aseptic room..." is not > likely to make many macOS users interested in your advice. > > > Indeed. > > I have been on the receiving end of Mac users "needing help"... > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-release" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-release/CANnG1883eOU9VdjFf7f8NH2ttL5dHmmVX9i6dDam_t73SdqHyA%40mail.gmail.com.
