Okay, I'm willing to compromise, if it makes it easier for René to get a Mac package going.
But, really, at any place I've worked, at this stage of a release the code base would be locked down and you'd have to convince the CEO that the world was going to end without a code change to unlock it. <grin> -- Mark Miesfeld On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Rick McGuire<object.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > How about a compromise? We make the code changes to enable rxapi to > run as a normal process, but keep the install procedures the same for > now. The code is already in place to auto-launch rxapi if it is not > running, but currently this only works if you're running as root. If > we can eliminate that requirement, then there is a lot more > flexibility in how things get configured, and we probably don't need > to make any patches to the code to support the Mac, > > Rick > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Mark Miesfeld<miesf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 4:03 PM, David Ashley<david.ashley....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Ok, I'm convinced. rxapi does not need to run as the root user on *nix >>> systems. It has nothing it needs to do which would require root privileges. >>> >>> So the question becomes should we implement this change prior to the >>> release of 4.0 or wait until the next release? >> >> I am not in favor of making a change now, well actually I'm against it. >> >> I am in favor of having an install that doesn't require su to root to >> install, but I think we should get this release out of the door and >> plan on doing a follow up release in 3 months to fix bugs I know will >> be reported and straighten out details like this one. >> >> As far as I can see, the current 3.2.0 Linux rpms and debs can not be >> installed unless you su to root. So what's the problem? There hasn't >> been a single user complaint about this in 2 years. >> >> In the current 4.0.0, you have to su to root to install the rpm or to >> install the deb. After that there is no problem. This situation is >> no different than it has been. >> >> -- >> Mark Miesfeld >> >> >> The code changes are >>> small but the testing could be a problem (although I do not expect any). >>> >>> Opinions welcome. >>> >>> David Ashley >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge >>> This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, >>> vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have >>> the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize >>> details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Oorexx-devel mailing list >>> Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge >> This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, >> vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have >> the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize >> details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge >> _______________________________________________ >> Oorexx-devel mailing list >> Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, > vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have > the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize > details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
