On 12 Jun., 00:31, Craig Citro <craigci...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Could we make the intel/powerpc split more obvious, or add > > instructions, or make just one directory with both? > > I vote a big +1 on one directory with both -- I think that'd be way easier. > > -cc
Well, my proposal would be to have one subdirectory for the OS X 10.4 versions (both Intel and PowerPC), one subdirectory for the OS X 10.5 versions (again both Intel and PowerPC), and from September or so on, one directory for the OS X 10.6 version (Intel only --- Apple might not release this for PowerPC, IIRC). But the main problem remains nevertheless: up to now, there is no consistent naming scheme. One has to distinguish between different OS X versions, one has to distinguish between 32bit and 64bit versions (I do not know what the current default here is for OS X 10.5, and I even do not know where to look for this information), one has to distinguish between Intel CPU and PowerPC CPU. And even then, we had the problem that users reported that a certain Sage "PowerPC" version did not work for them, because it had been bdist'ed on a Mac with a PowerPC G5 CPU and MPIR was taking advantage of that, but they were using Macs with a G3 or G4 CPU, and so that bdist didn't work for them. Therefore, the OS X 10.4 versions I produce since Sage 3.4 are created with (for the current 4.0.1, say): ./sage -bdist 4.0.1-OSX10.4-32bit on my Core2Duo Intel Macbook, this gives: sage-4.0.1-OSX10.4-32bit-i386-Darwin.dmg and on my old PowerBook (with a G4 CPU) I issue: ./sage -bdist 4.0.1-OSX10.4-32bit-G4 and this gives: sage-4.0.1-OSX10.4-32bit-G4-PowerMacintosh-Darwin.dmg Note that the "sage-" at the front and the "-i386-Darwin" resp. "- PowerMacintosh-Darwin" are added automatically. Now if you look at the OS X download directories, you will notice many more variations, e.g. with a superfluous "Intel" or "INTEL" in their name, but missing the information whether it is a 32bit build or a 64bit build ... In the not too distant future, it makes sense to provide the (future) OS X 10.6 Sage version "one level up" on the Sage Mac download page, because it will probably be both "Intel" only and "64bit" only. But till then, IMHO we first should agree on a consistent naming scheme (and means to automate its usage, and really use it, ...), before changing the directory structure that the users currently are acquainted to. Cheers, gsw P.S.: And I didn't even tell you yet about all the Sage "Mac App" variants of the Sage versions above :-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
