Hi all, I post this mail to the hugin-ptx group but also directly to the group of possible brave volunteers who want to start building a Hugin and PTBatcherGui bundle for MacOSX. I'm now back from holidays which means that it is at least for me a good time to start this thread.
*Off topic: I'm still without mac and after 3½ weeks on Ubuntu linux again (not mentioning my webserver and using it within virtualbox on my mac) I'm still not sure whether I will buy a new Mac. For the absolute ease of use, "connect whatever you want and it works" and great software like the OS itself and iLife: absolutely! The fact that I can buy 2-3 pc laptops for one macbook makes me hesitate. Not for the money itself (I have a nice job with a nice salary), but whether it's worth the money: Why buy an expensive mac if I can do exactly what I want (maybe not exactly how I want it) with a much cheaper laptop. But I'm also still very much tempted so probably I will convince myself that I can't do without.* To come back to building a Hugin bundle: Hugin 0.8.0 has just been released and Ippei was able to create (again) a bundle for MacOSX. So, currently there is no big hurry, which makes it a perfect time to "practice". I've seen a couple of reactions to my original mail < http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx/t/1a21c7299ee4c17> and some other posts in some other threads. I would like to use this thread as a single posting thread for getting new builders up to standard and to get the status where the current volunteers have succeeded or have stranded. We also might improve the wiki and expand it with some Q&A's and/or "lessons learned". When we talk about a bundle we talk about the way of building as described in "Build a MacOSX Universal Hugin bundle with Xcode<http://wiki.panotools.org/Build_a_MacOSX_Universal_Hugin_bundle_with_Xcode> ". This means: - XCode build (no cmake, no Macports or Fink except for some basic build tools). - Universal 2-architecture 32bit initially, e.g. ppc/i386. The brave can immediately start with 32/64 bit 4-archticture build, but I would not advise so. It creates extra difficulties and you absolutely need Leopard to build 64bit. Furthermore: only enfuse and enblend currently really benefit from 64bit and only on (very) large projects. - With or without Ippei's SDK: The SDK makes life much simpler. Going all the way yourself like described in the wiki makes you a better builder with better understanding of the process. It also allows you to adapt easier to changes which will certainly occur when new developments will start again. Not required but my advise: Let's start with the released hugin-0.8.0 tarball<http://sourceforge.net/projects/hugin/files/hugin/hugin-0.8.0/hugin-0.8.0.tar.gz/download>. It is for everyone the same, still very much up-to-date, there are no new SVN changes/developments which might cripple the build and which I can't solve right now (if I ever could), and it's functionality and flaws are (more or less) known. Please react to this thread if you want "to boldly go where no man has gone before." Hoi, Harry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to hugin-ptx@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hugin-ptx-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
