There's no reason as far as I can see that a Linux native user can't VNC to a remote Mac for the portion of testing that requires a Mac. The same is true of a Windows native user.
~Roger On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > Monte Goulding wrote: > > That may be easier said than done considering as far as I can tell > > from following progress at the moment there's no IDE only team. > > Instead there appears to be variable degrees of input between the > > engine and the IDE from the whole team. While it's relatively easy to > > do what you are suggesting for IDE only if you are jumping between > > LiveCode and C++ IDEs it might be a significant hit to productivity. > > It might be easier to designate platform specialists on the team and > > ensure the platform specialists spend a solid chunk of the week on > > the IDE. > > Given current team composition that may be as good as it gets. > > > The other side of this issue of course is that OS X can test 4 out of > > 6 platforms while Windows and Linux can test 3. > > OS X won't run the VM and test LC on Windows by itself. :) > > If the nature of the work requires dependency on a single OS that's > understandable, but as long as Windows is the unquestionably dominant > desktop OS by some means or another more time needs to be spent in it with > LC. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
