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

[Tony Bandy]

Thanks Ben....This really helps...I started once on Linux, but got lost
somewhere in the "make" stuff....

Tony



On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Ben Shum <bshum at biblio.org> wrote:

>  I just updated the link for "Installing Evergreen on Mac" on the
> downloads page to point at
> http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=mozilla-devel:building_the_staff_client#building_a_macintosh_staff_client
>
> It's a slightly newer set of instructions that Mike Peters recently helped
> to put together.  We'll probably want to flesh out some more specific
> details regarding compatible xulrunner versions based on version of
> Evergreen.
>
> -- Ben
>
>
> On 09/20/2012 11:52 AM, Steve Wills wrote:
>
> 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 <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
>> --
>> Galen Charlton
>> Director of Implementation
>> Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
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>
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