[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Re: Staff client software vs. web-based interface

[Steve Wills]

Like so much else in this project, from my perspective, it is lack of time. The Balsam libraries, especially the public schools have a number of Macs and I did build an osX client for 2.0.9. My next upgrade will be a jump to 2.2 probably during this quarter. At that time I'll create a 2.2 staff client of osX out of necessity. Between Sitka and Balsam and a few others there are some osX clients around however. Tony, your help would be Greatfully accepted!

Thanks in advance.
Steve Wills

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Bandy [mailto:tonyb at ohionet.org]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 11:38 AM
To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Staff client software vs. web-based interface

Hi all,

I've got an OSX iMac to help volunteer with! I can't say I'm a OSX guru, but really good at following instructions! If anyone wants to work with me, I could probably devote some hours to helping out, at least testing, etc. I think I've got Xcode (?) installed somewhere on my iMac....


Tony


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On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:
Hi,

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich
<alexey.lazar at mnsu.edu> wrote:
> What is the reason for lack of "official" releases of staff client software for Mac OS (and Linux)? Is it strategy, because there is no need, or like with some other things, not enough volunteers?


I don't think it's a strategy per se, just more a lack of volunteers.
If somebody were to step forward and volunteer to package OS X clients
as part of the release-cutting process, I think that would be welcomed
with open arms. Even better would be if somebody could submit a patch
to automate building them. Triple-word-score if it could be done
without requiring an OS X box.

Similiarly, if somebody were to step up and get involved in packing
the Linux clients for various distributions, that would be great. The
technical bar is lower, as Thomas' good work with the staff client
autoupdate mechanism means that it's become quite easy to build Linux
clients; at this point the main question is whether somebody is up to
maintaining and testing .deb or ..rpm.

Regards,

Galen
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