Re: fyi - Mac OS native GDL2 / GSWeb Installer package

[David Ayers]

Hello Tim,

Tim McIntosh schrieb:

> I've been working on a Mac OS native port of the GSWeb and GDL2
> frameworks, for use with Xcode and the Cocoa frameworks outside of a
> full GNUstep environment.  I have put together Installer packages for
> Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5, which can be found here:
> 
>     http://hoth.radiofreeomaha.net:3000/~tmcintos/GNUstepWeb/

Since I don't have OS X, I can't test it.

> I have made a number of minor changes that I eventually intend to either
> undo or get accepted into the mainline.  One difference in this version
> that may never make it into the mainline is the use of Cocoa-style
> (native) KVC (as opposed to WO-4.5 style), which I wanted for use with
> the WO5 app that I'm porting.

It depends on how well we can emulate compatibility.  Currently
GSWeb/GDL2 is used for Projects that are currently still deployed as
GNUstep based and WO45 based applications.

So it's very important not to break WO45 compatibility.  Yet if we can
emulate it in a similar way as -base is currently trying, then I'd take
the patches as long as they don't show issues.

Do you really need to change the internal KVC?  Maybe we just need to
implement a few more legacy methods in EOKeyValueCoding.m to get it work
on OS X.  (And avoid some warnings from -base while we are at it.)

Cheers,
David