> Platform-specific testing is necessary, no doubt, but the same goes for Mac > OS X, OS/2, BSD, Solaris etc. Building on Mac OS X is easy but > time-consuming, on other Unices it's similar to Linux, and on OS/2 or > eComStation, well, some kind of black magic ;) >
Incorrect. Building on OSX is simple and takes just as long as it does on other Unix-like platforms. The prerequisites don't take that long as they mostly use binary installers these days. Craig