P.S. Apple no longer distributes svn (as per johnh experience). But instead git is installed. I will check in a few days when I boot into my clean Mojave if it’s part of the macOS install. Or whether it comes by installing Xcode and/or Command line Tools. Will post here when I have proof.
respect Peter > On Feb 27, 2021, at 3:30 PM, Peter Teeson <peter.tee...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi Jürgen: > > The GNU APL page mentions downloading the tarball as the normal way to > proceed. > > I’m revising "GNU APL on Mac" pdf as a result of feedback from > edxmail-jo...@usa.net <mailto:edxmail-jo...@usa.net>. > In this revision I plan to not recommend the tarball. > > (1) How do you feel about dropping the tarball altogether? > > If you don’t want to do that I would ask for a section for GNU APL on > Macintosh. > I could provide brief download wording for git. The git function “gitsvn" > makes thing easy. > > That way they would not have to download the whole package to get the Mac pdf > Apple has long ago moved from cvs -> svn -> git as their default source > control in Xcode. > > Terminal waltz would still remain as the default build song. > > (2) Incidentally this brings up the question of why bother with a release > tarball anyway? > > It’s a lot of work, as you once mentioned. As of today it is 17 months out of > date. > And has resulted in a number of threads related specifically to it. > Which were resolved by using the latest svn. > > My sense is that the people who do want to try GNU APL are probably > developers. > So they should be comfortable with the Terminal/Command Line approach. > > (3) So how do you feel about dropping the tarball altogether and adjusting > the GNU APL page accordingly? > > with respect…. > > Peter > > >
