Re: [Gnumed-devel] Mac-specific issues (was Release 0.2.8)

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 09:05:28AM -0800, James Busser wrote:

> I'd be interested to pool what we have determined so far about Mac-related 
> issues.
Good, thanks.

> 1. The Mac OS ships with the root user "inactive". People wishing to only 
> run the GNUmed bundled app client for Mac don't need root nor do I *think* 
> it is needed to install packages and make them available to other users 
> since all Mac "administrator" level accounts can access the Mac's 
> chown-like GUI control (inside icons and folder's "Get info" panel). 
Sounds right.

> Installation of a GNUmed server however depends on at least sudo, and even 
> a knowledgeable user cannot successfully run sudo in a Terminal (Mac bash 
> shell) window until they enable the root user:
Sebastian will know more about this.

> 2. The Mac OS has some custom dependencies on whichever version of Python 
> ships with the OS, and this Python must not be replaced or badly tinkered 
> with.
I think that's a really dumb thing in in MacOSX:

IF the exact Python version is that important to standard
system well-functioning it better be well hidden from view
and not interfere with whatever the local administrator
wants their local users to use.

> 3. Providing a double-clickable binary for Mac takes some work which I am 
> grateful to Sebastian for having done. If it may be helpful to the project 
> for any of the publicly-sharable notes to be forwarded I can put them up on 
> the wiki.
Sure, why not ?

> What else has anyone (Karsten or Sebastian) figured out about accommodating 
> the Mac OS? For example does the fix to the Snellen chart window teach us 
> that the Mac has additional special needs in the coding of the client and, 
> if so, what kinds?
Hm, a few coding practices are required. The wxPython
versions seem to behave slightly different. Nothing definite
yet.

Karsten
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