#20189: Update docs for new 'typical' dmg
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Reporter: kcrisman | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-7.1
Component: user interface | Resolution:
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Old description:
> #20199 adds a nicer dmg setting but we didn't fix the documentation, in
> particular `src/bin/sage-README-osx.txt` which says
> {{{
>
> ------------
> Installation
> ------------
>
> Simply copy the application to your hard drive as you would any other
> application.
>
> }}}
> which can be updated now. Also, does
> {{{
>
> There are two ways in which Sage can be distributed. One is as a
> "regular" OS X application named something like Sage-VERSION. If you
> see such an application, skip to the section about Sage.app. If
> instead you see a folder called "sage", proceed as follows.
>
> 1) Download the dmg somewhere and double click on it.
>
> 2) Drag the sage folder somewhere, e.g., /Applications
> }}}
> need to be updated, or is this still accurate (if indeed not relocatable
> after this process)?
New description:
#20119 adds a nicer dmg setting but we didn't fix the documentation, in
particular `src/bin/sage-README-osx.txt` which says
{{{
------------
Installation
------------
Simply copy the application to your hard drive as you would any other
application.
}}}
which can be updated now. Also, does
{{{
There are two ways in which Sage can be distributed. One is as a
"regular" OS X application named something like Sage-VERSION. If you
see such an application, skip to the section about Sage.app. If
instead you see a folder called "sage", proceed as follows.
1) Download the dmg somewhere and double click on it.
2) Drag the sage folder somewhere, e.g., /Applications
}}}
need to be updated, or is this still accurate (if indeed not relocatable
after this process)?
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Comment (by kcrisman):
> Priority changed from blocker to major
Really? We just change how we distribute the software and we decide
making the documentation coincide with that isn't particularly important?
Whatever.
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/20189#comment:2>
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