Re: Mac OS X 10.3 support (was: Re: Installing python25 on OS X 10.3 failed)

2007-11-22 Thread js
Sadly, there's no way to figure out how many OS X 10.3 users exist. This number is probably the most important one to take into account deciding whether MacPorts should support OS X 10.3 or not. Assuming Apple supports OSs as long as there're fair amount of users, this might be a good idea to

Re: Mac OS X 10.3 support (was: Re: Installing python25 on OS X 10.3 failed)

2007-11-22 Thread James Berry
Official MacPorts policy has been that we support the two most recent versions of Mac OS. Which at the present means Tiger and Leopard. That doesn't mean that we'll go out of our way to break older versions, but that we don't promise we won't. A particularly good example of why this is

Re: Mac OS X 10.3 support (was: Re: Installing python25 on OS X 10.3 failed)

2007-11-22 Thread js
BTW, Does Official support mean anything? Just another name of priority? On Nov 22, 2007 11:48 PM, James Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Official MacPorts policy has been that we support the two most recent versions of Mac OS. Which at the present means Tiger and Leopard. That doesn't mean that

Re: Mac OS X 10.3 support (was: Re: Installing python25 on OS X 10.3 failed)

2007-11-22 Thread James Berry
On Nov 22, 2007, at 7:26 AM, js wrote: BTW, Does Official support mean anything? Just another name of priority? I said official policy, not official support. MacPorts provides no official support for anything, though unofficial and informal support is available through this email list

Re: Mac OS X 10.3 support (was: Re: Installing python25 on OS X 10.3 failed)

2007-11-20 Thread Marco Battistella
Apple is still supporting 10.3 updates to itunes, quicktime and security are regular. I hope it will still be supported by macports as well. Marco On Nov 20, 2007, at 2:40 AM, Anders F Björklund wrote: Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Nov 19, 2007, at 14:02, Weissmann Markus wrote: 10.3 is not

Mac OS X 10.3 support (was: Re: Installing python25 on OS X 10.3 failed)

2007-11-19 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Nov 19, 2007, at 14:02, Weissmann Markus wrote: 10.3 is not officially supported anymore*) and I do not even have access to a 10.3 box. I'll happily add any patch for 10.3 that does not conflict with 10.4 or 10.5 but I don't have a way of testing it. -Markus *) which doesn't mean

Re: Mac OS X 10.3 support (was: Re: Installing python25 on OS X 10.3 failed)

2007-11-19 Thread Anders F Björklund
Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Nov 19, 2007, at 14:02, Weissmann Markus wrote: 10.3 is not officially supported anymore*) and I do not even have access to a 10.3 box. This is the first I've heard of 10.3 not being supported anymore. Historically MacPorts has supported the current Mac OS X release