Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-25 Thread Robert Kaiser

Rufus schrieb:

make sure the final
release maintains previous content, please!


As explained elsewhere, it does - but the opposite isn't true, the old 
release doesn't maintain newer content due to SQLite file/library 
compatibility limitations.


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-24 Thread Rufus

Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:

On 4/23/2011 4:19 PM, Rufus wrote:

Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:

On 4/20/2011 8:28 PM, Rufus wrote:

...and I guess that's my real question - even though it's no longer UB,
it's still 32/64 bit bilingual?


Well "Universal Binary" does not in fact mean exclusively |PPC+Intel| it
means |Mixed architetchure binary| which this is, just in this case a
32bit+64bit.



In Apple parlance it means Intel+PPC exclusively, at this time. That
may change down the road.


In some camps, that is presumed, yes. but those camps are wrong, even
apple docs [sorry no link handy] indicate it as what I said.



Pretty much fact, and marketing supports -

http://guides.macrumors.com/Universal_Binary

http://www.doc4design.com/articles/universal-binaries/

...though I expect that to change with/post Lion.

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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-24 Thread Justin Wood (Callek)

On 4/23/2011 4:19 PM, Rufus wrote:

Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:

On 4/20/2011 8:28 PM, Rufus wrote:

...and I guess that's my real question - even though it's no longer UB,
it's still 32/64 bit bilingual?


Well "Universal Binary" does not in fact mean exclusively |PPC+Intel| it
means |Mixed architetchure binary| which this is, just in this case a
32bit+64bit.



In Apple parlance it means Intel+PPC exclusively, at this time.  That
may change down the road.


In some camps, that is presumed, yes. but those camps are wrong, even 
apple docs [sorry no link handy] indicate it as what I said.


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-24 Thread Rufus

PhillipJones wrote:

Rufus wrote:

MCBastos wrote:

Interviewed by CNN on 23/04/2011 02:57, Rufus told the world:


I found a Terminal command line to change my 'Book and now it boots 64
bit by default. It felt snappier at first, but now that it's settling
in I'm not really sure what all the fuss is about...or maybe I've just
gotten used to it - I'm thinking that all I'm really getting is more
efficient use of RAM?. Haven't encountered an installed app that won't
run as of yet...which I guess I shouldn't expect to?


Well, it's not so much "more efficient use of RAM" but "capable of using
more RAM." The Intel 32-bit architecture cannot address more than 4 Gb
directly. There are indirect methods to do so, but they are a bit
tricky. I don't know how Apple managed the issue, but in the Windows
world at least, Microsoft opted to not allow consumer-level machines and
low-end servers (which, back in the days before AMD64 and E64T
extensions, didn't even have enough sockets for more than 4Gb anyway) to
use those indirect methods.

Rule of the thumb: if you have less than 4Gb of RAM, 64-bit mode won't
make much of a difference. If you have 4Gb, depending on a number of
factors, you may see some more free RAM. If you have more than 4Gb, you
probably should be using 64-bit mode.



Which is probably why my Book now feels "snappier" - I have 8G of RAM in
it.


Mine does as well , though some software doesn't seem to make any
difference.

For me SeaMonkey, FireFox 3 and 4, Camino didn't seem to benefit.

Chrome, iCab. iCab does best I am using version specifically for 64 bit.

I don't use Safari all that much so I can say.



Yeah...I don't use Safari much either now that I can browser spoof.

BTW - I also discovered that running 2.1b3 alongside my 2.0.13 install 
torched my more important cookies on my iMac by blanking everything to 
defaults and I had to rebuild them by grabbing the files off my 
PowerBook profile.  I won't be doing that again - make sure the final 
release maintains previous content, please!


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-24 Thread PhillipJones

Rufus wrote:

MCBastos wrote:

Interviewed by CNN on 23/04/2011 02:57, Rufus told the world:


I found a Terminal command line to change my 'Book and now it boots 64
bit by default. It felt snappier at first, but now that it's settling
in I'm not really sure what all the fuss is about...or maybe I've just
gotten used to it - I'm thinking that all I'm really getting is more
efficient use of RAM?. Haven't encountered an installed app that won't
run as of yet...which I guess I shouldn't expect to?


Well, it's not so much "more efficient use of RAM" but "capable of using
more RAM." The Intel 32-bit architecture cannot address more than 4 Gb
directly. There are indirect methods to do so, but they are a bit
tricky. I don't know how Apple managed the issue, but in the Windows
world at least, Microsoft opted to not allow consumer-level machines and
low-end servers (which, back in the days before AMD64 and E64T
extensions, didn't even have enough sockets for more than 4Gb anyway) to
use those indirect methods.

Rule of the thumb: if you have less than 4Gb of RAM, 64-bit mode won't
make much of a difference. If you have 4Gb, depending on a number of
factors, you may see some more free RAM. If you have more than 4Gb, you
probably should be using 64-bit mode.



Which is probably why my Book now feels "snappier" - I have 8G of RAM in
it.

Mine does as well , though some software doesn't seem to make any 
difference.


For me SeaMonkey, FireFox 3 and 4, Camino  didn't seem to benefit.

Chrome, iCab. iCab does best I am using version specifically for 64 bit.

I don't use Safari all that much so I can say.

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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-24 Thread PhillipJones

MCBastos wrote:

Interviewed by CNN on 23/04/2011 02:57, Rufus told the world:


I found a Terminal command line to change my 'Book and now it boots 64
bit by default.  It felt snappier at first, but now that it's settling
in I'm not really sure what all the fuss is about...or maybe I've just
gotten used to it - I'm thinking that all I'm really getting is more
efficient use of RAM?.  Haven't encountered an installed app that won't
run as of yet...which I guess I shouldn't expect to?


Well, it's not so much "more efficient use of RAM" but "capable of using
more RAM." The Intel 32-bit architecture cannot address more than 4 Gb
directly. There are indirect methods to do so, but they are a bit
tricky. I don't know how Apple managed the issue, but in the Windows
world at least, Microsoft opted to not allow consumer-level machines and
low-end servers (which, back in the days before AMD64 and E64T
extensions, didn't even have enough sockets for more than 4Gb anyway) to
use those indirect methods.

Rule of the thumb: if you have less than 4Gb of RAM, 64-bit mode won't
make much of a difference. If you have 4Gb, depending on a number of
factors, you may see some more free RAM. If you have more than 4Gb, you
probably should be using 64-bit mode.


My MacBook Pro, has 8 GB DDR3 1067MHz Memory.

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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-24 Thread Rufus

MCBastos wrote:

Interviewed by CNN on 23/04/2011 02:57, Rufus told the world:


I found a Terminal command line to change my 'Book and now it boots 64
bit by default.  It felt snappier at first, but now that it's settling
in I'm not really sure what all the fuss is about...or maybe I've just
gotten used to it - I'm thinking that all I'm really getting is more
efficient use of RAM?.  Haven't encountered an installed app that won't
run as of yet...which I guess I shouldn't expect to?


Well, it's not so much "more efficient use of RAM" but "capable of using
more RAM." The Intel 32-bit architecture cannot address more than 4 Gb
directly. There are indirect methods to do so, but they are a bit
tricky. I don't know how Apple managed the issue, but in the Windows
world at least, Microsoft opted to not allow consumer-level machines and
low-end servers (which, back in the days before AMD64 and E64T
extensions, didn't even have enough sockets for more than 4Gb anyway) to
use those indirect methods.

Rule of the thumb: if you have less than 4Gb of RAM, 64-bit mode won't
make much of a difference. If you have 4Gb, depending on a number of
factors, you may see some more free RAM. If you have more than 4Gb, you
probably should be using 64-bit mode.



Which is probably why my Book now feels "snappier" - I have 8G of RAM in it.

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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-23 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 23/04/2011 02:57, Rufus told the world:

> I found a Terminal command line to change my 'Book and now it boots 64 
> bit by default.  It felt snappier at first, but now that it's settling 
> in I'm not really sure what all the fuss is about...or maybe I've just 
> gotten used to it - I'm thinking that all I'm really getting is more 
> efficient use of RAM?.  Haven't encountered an installed app that won't 
> run as of yet...which I guess I shouldn't expect to?

Well, it's not so much "more efficient use of RAM" but "capable of using
more RAM." The Intel 32-bit architecture cannot address more than 4 Gb
directly. There are indirect methods to do so, but they are a bit
tricky. I don't know how Apple managed the issue, but in the Windows
world at least, Microsoft opted to not allow consumer-level machines and
low-end servers (which, back in the days before AMD64 and E64T
extensions, didn't even have enough sockets for more than 4Gb anyway) to
use those indirect methods.

Rule of the thumb: if you have less than 4Gb of RAM, 64-bit mode won't
make much of a difference. If you have 4Gb, depending on a number of
factors, you may see some more free RAM. If you have more than 4Gb, you
probably should be using 64-bit mode.

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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-23 Thread Rufus

Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:

On 4/20/2011 8:28 PM, Rufus wrote:

...and I guess that's my real question - even though it's no longer UB,
it's still 32/64 bit bilingual?


Well "Universal Binary" does not in fact mean exclusively |PPC+Intel| it
means |Mixed architetchure binary| which this is, just in this case a
32bit+64bit.



In Apple parlance it means Intel+PPC exclusively, at this time.  That 
may change down the road.



And I assume with the launch mode
selection in the Info pane?


This I (we) don't have a clue about, download 2.1b3 and try for yourself
please. and PLEASE let us know if it does.

...which was my point in my reply here.



Yes, it does...and I didn't even have to install it to find that out - 
just do a "Get Info" on the open Disk Image.  But I would think that any 
of the Mac developers would have known that.


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-23 Thread Rufus

Robert Kaiser wrote:

Rufus schrieb:

I'm sure the "average user" with an older 64 bit boot capable Mac
doesn't even know or care...


Right, that's why the "universal" images we also deliver always select
the appropriate mode to run in automatically - users should not need to
care. For 2.0.*, that means they always will run on 32bit mode on Intel
(but the builds still work on PPC as well), while for 2.1, this means
they get 64bit mode when their OS runs in 64bit mode as well, and 32bit
mode else (and PPC isn't supported any more).

Robert Kaiser




That makes sense, other than that users will surely lament the passing 
of PPC support.  I still have three perfectly viable PPC machines - two 
G4 and one G5 - myself.


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-23 Thread Robert Kaiser

Rufus schrieb:

I'm sure the "average user" with an older 64 bit boot capable Mac
doesn't even know or care...


Right, that's why the "universal" images we also deliver always select 
the appropriate mode to run in automatically - users should not need to 
care. For 2.0.*, that means they always will run on 32bit mode on Intel 
(but the builds still work on PPC as well), while for 2.1, this means 
they get 64bit mode when their OS runs in 64bit mode as well, and 32bit 
mode else (and PPC isn't supported any more).


Robert Kaiser


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-22 Thread Rufus

NoOp wrote:

On 04/22/2011 05:16 PM, MCBastos wrote:

Interviewed by CNN on 22/04/2011 17:58, Robert Kaiser told the world:


Interesting, as AFAIK all Core architecture chips support EM64T - could
be that it's only Core2 though and Apple shipped some of the older
"crap" that was called "Core" but wasn't actually a new architecture at
all (and I know for sure that Core2 has EM64T).


That's right. The first generation of Intel Core CPUs was actually based
on an enhanced P6 (Pentium Pro/II/III) architecture codenamed "Yonah",
which was 32-bit only. Some of the early "Pentium Dual-Core" were also
P6-based.

The new "Core" architecture debuted only on the Core 2. AFAIK, it's an
evolution of the Yonah with, among other things, 64-bit extensions
added. So it's still a descendant of the venerable Pentium Pro.

Although Intel had a really, really confusing policy for a while, in
which it was hard to guess if a given CPU was 64-bit capable, had
hardware virtualization and other stuff -- they disabled features from
some chips aiming for market segmentation. So I wouldn't swear that all
Core 2 and later are actually 64-bit capable, because some of them may
have this feature disabled.



I've run across this when attempting to install a 64bit virtual machine
in VMWare. They've a pretty good article on this at:
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003945
Turns out that the 64bit laptop that I bought awhile back for 64bit
testing with a 'Pentium Dual-Core CPU T4300 doesn't support VT (it does
support EM64T). Really pissed me off, so next time I'll check all of the
CPU specs before buying another laptop/desktop.
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=37253




Yeah...some homework yet to do on this capability.  I saw no reason to 
run my Macbook Pro in 64 bit mode until a few nights ago when this 
subject came up.  And as I noted, even though this machine *is* 
supported to boot the 64 bit kernel under 10.6.7 that *isn't* its 
default boot mode.  I'm sure the "average user" with an older 64 bit 
boot capable Mac doesn't even know or care...I knew, but I hesitated 
until now.


I found a Terminal command line to change my 'Book and now it boots 64 
bit by default.  It felt snappier at first, but now that it's settling 
in I'm not really sure what all the fuss is about...or maybe I've just 
gotten used to it - I'm thinking that all I'm really getting is more 
efficient use of RAM?.  Haven't encountered an installed app that won't 
run as of yet...which I guess I shouldn't expect to?


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-22 Thread Rufus

Robert Kaiser wrote:

Rufus schrieb:

Robert Kaiser wrote:

Rufus schrieb:

That was my real point, as far as testing requirements go - there are
*lots* of Intel Macs out there that will be running 10.6.x in 32 bit
mode by default, and/or because they can't boot in 64 bit mode.


All Intels that have ever been shipped by Apple were Core2 or later,
IIRC, and therefore 64bit-capable. If they don't run 64bit on them,
that's their problem, I don't want to care too much what the masters of
the golden cage dictate their users to do. ;-)

Robert Kaiser



No. That is not true. Not even according to Apple -

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3696

None of the single core or Core Duo Intel Macs are 64 bit capable, but
they will still run OS 10.6.


Interesting, as AFAIK all Core architecture chips support EM64T - could
be that it's only Core2 though and Apple shipped some of the older
"crap" that was called "Core" but wasn't actually a new architecture at
all (and I know for sure that Core2 has EM64T).

Robert Kaiser



The Core Solos were Apple's initial foray into the Intel world...lots of 
those machines are still out there, running SnoLep.


There seems to be more to it than just the processor itself - EFI 
firmware (which I suppose is similar to the PC hardware BIOS, dunno) is 
the one component I know about...but even my Core 2 Duo iMac running 
10.6.7 can't be booted into 64 bit mode - the EFI won't let it.  It is 
"hardware capable" but unsupported.


Supposedly I could hack the EFI on my Core 2 Duo iMac to make it to boot 
into 64 bit mode, but I run the risk of bricking my machine...not 
something I'll even consider not knowing all of the tech and risk involved.


My guess would be that some other portion of the mother board 
architecture might get in the way - like memory addressing 
scheme/pipeline, bus architecture, or something else hardware related 
that isn't part of the CPU die itself.  But that's just a guess...


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-22 Thread NoOp
On 04/22/2011 05:16 PM, MCBastos wrote:
> Interviewed by CNN on 22/04/2011 17:58, Robert Kaiser told the world:
> 
>> Interesting, as AFAIK all Core architecture chips support EM64T - could 
>> be that it's only Core2 though and Apple shipped some of the older 
>> "crap" that was called "Core" but wasn't actually a new architecture at 
>> all (and I know for sure that Core2 has EM64T).
> 
> That's right. The first generation of Intel Core CPUs was actually based
> on an enhanced P6 (Pentium Pro/II/III) architecture codenamed "Yonah",
> which was 32-bit only. Some of the early "Pentium Dual-Core" were also
> P6-based.
> 
> The new "Core" architecture debuted only on the Core 2. AFAIK, it's an
> evolution of the Yonah with, among other things, 64-bit extensions
> added. So it's still a descendant of the venerable Pentium Pro.
> 
> Although Intel had a really, really confusing policy for a while, in
> which it was hard to guess if a given CPU was 64-bit capable, had
> hardware virtualization and other stuff -- they disabled features from
> some chips aiming for market segmentation. So I wouldn't swear that all
> Core 2 and later are actually 64-bit capable, because some of them may
> have this feature disabled.
> 

I've run across this when attempting to install a 64bit virtual machine
in VMWare. They've a pretty good article on this at:
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003945
Turns out that the 64bit laptop that I bought awhile back for 64bit
testing with a 'Pentium Dual-Core CPU T4300 doesn't support VT (it does
support EM64T). Really pissed me off, so next time I'll check all of the
CPU specs before buying another laptop/desktop.
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=37253


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-22 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 22/04/2011 17:58, Robert Kaiser told the world:

> Interesting, as AFAIK all Core architecture chips support EM64T - could 
> be that it's only Core2 though and Apple shipped some of the older 
> "crap" that was called "Core" but wasn't actually a new architecture at 
> all (and I know for sure that Core2 has EM64T).

That's right. The first generation of Intel Core CPUs was actually based
on an enhanced P6 (Pentium Pro/II/III) architecture codenamed "Yonah",
which was 32-bit only. Some of the early "Pentium Dual-Core" were also
P6-based.

The new "Core" architecture debuted only on the Core 2. AFAIK, it's an
evolution of the Yonah with, among other things, 64-bit extensions
added. So it's still a descendant of the venerable Pentium Pro.

Although Intel had a really, really confusing policy for a while, in
which it was hard to guess if a given CPU was 64-bit capable, had
hardware virtualization and other stuff -- they disabled features from
some chips aiming for market segmentation. So I wouldn't swear that all
Core 2 and later are actually 64-bit capable, because some of them may
have this feature disabled.

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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-22 Thread Robert Kaiser

Rufus schrieb:

Robert Kaiser wrote:

Rufus schrieb:

That was my real point, as far as testing requirements go - there are
*lots* of Intel Macs out there that will be running 10.6.x in 32 bit
mode by default, and/or because they can't boot in 64 bit mode.


All Intels that have ever been shipped by Apple were Core2 or later,
IIRC, and therefore 64bit-capable. If they don't run 64bit on them,
that's their problem, I don't want to care too much what the masters of
the golden cage dictate their users to do. ;-)

Robert Kaiser



No. That is not true. Not even according to Apple -

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3696

None of the single core or Core Duo Intel Macs are 64 bit capable, but
they will still run OS 10.6.


Interesting, as AFAIK all Core architecture chips support EM64T - could 
be that it's only Core2 though and Apple shipped some of the older 
"crap" that was called "Core" but wasn't actually a new architecture at 
all (and I know for sure that Core2 has EM64T).


Robert Kaiser

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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-21 Thread Rufus

Robert Kaiser wrote:

Rufus schrieb:

That was my real point, as far as testing requirements go - there are
*lots* of Intel Macs out there that will be running 10.6.x in 32 bit
mode by default, and/or because they can't boot in 64 bit mode.


All Intels that have ever been shipped by Apple were Core2 or later,
IIRC, and therefore 64bit-capable. If they don't run 64bit on them,
that's their problem, I don't want to care too much what the masters of
the golden cage dictate their users to do. ;-)

Robert Kaiser



No.  That is not true.  Not even according to Apple -

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3696

None of the single core or Core Duo Intel Macs are 64 bit capable, but 
they will still run OS 10.6.


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-21 Thread Robert Kaiser

Rufus schrieb:

That was my real point, as far as testing requirements go - there are
*lots* of Intel Macs out there that will be running 10.6.x in 32 bit
mode by default, and/or because they can't boot in 64 bit mode.


All Intels that have ever been shipped by Apple were Core2 or later, 
IIRC, and therefore 64bit-capable. If they don't run 64bit on them, 
that's their problem, I don't want to care too much what the masters of 
the golden cage dictate their users to do. ;-)


Robert Kaiser

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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-20 Thread Justin Wood (Callek)

On 4/20/2011 8:28 PM, Rufus wrote:

...and I guess that's my real question - even though it's no longer UB,
it's still 32/64 bit bilingual?


Well "Universal Binary" does not in fact mean exclusively |PPC+Intel| it 
means |Mixed architetchure binary| which this is, just in this case a 
32bit+64bit.



And I assume with the launch mode
selection in the Info pane?


This I (we) don't have a clue about, download 2.1b3 and try for yourself 
please. and PLEASE let us know if it does.


...which was my point in my reply here.

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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-20 Thread Rufus

PhillipJones wrote:

Rufus wrote:

Robert Kaiser wrote:

Rufus schrieb:

Both machines are running 10.6.7 - you can't really say that 10.6 is
"64
bit boot by default" without knowing a bit more about what machine it's
being run on.


Oh, well. Still, AFAIK, when a universal binary is 32bit+64bit, like
SeaMonkey 2.1* versions are, then 64bit is used by default when you run
the OS in 64bit mode (but you can run in 32bit mode optionally), while
32bit is always used when you run the OS in 32bit mode.



Yes, I believe that's true. But what needs to be kept in mind is that OS
10.6 is not "64 bit by default" as had been stated previously in that it
does not "always" boot using the 64 bit kernel.

That was my real point, as far as testing requirements go - there are
*lots* of Intel Macs out there that will be running 10.6.x in 32 bit
mode by default, and/or because they can't boot in 64 bit mode. What
will happen when Lion is released is anybody's guess at this point...I
guess...


In the Info window for some apps there's a checkbox for "Launch in 32
bit mode" once you're in 64 bit boot, but I didn't see such for SM
2.0.13 after I booted my MBP in 64 bit mode.


Sure, 2.0.* don't support 64bit on Mac, only 2.1* do.
From 2.0 to 2.1, we dropped PPC support but instead added 64bit support.

Robert Kaiser




...and I guess that's my real question - even though it's no longer UB,
it's still 32/64 bit bilingual? And I assume with the launch mode
selection in the Info pane?..which I'm guessing is handled by the OS
itself...


Well I am running 2.0.13 with my Macbook Pro set to 64bit



Me too...now.  But that's only because I changed it's default start up 
last night.  My iMac won't boot 64 bit kernel, even though it's hardware 
capable.  So I get to keep doing it both ways...


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-20 Thread PhillipJones

Rufus wrote:

Robert Kaiser wrote:

Rufus schrieb:

Both machines are running 10.6.7 - you can't really say that 10.6 is "64
bit boot by default" without knowing a bit more about what machine it's
being run on.


Oh, well. Still, AFAIK, when a universal binary is 32bit+64bit, like
SeaMonkey 2.1* versions are, then 64bit is used by default when you run
the OS in 64bit mode (but you can run in 32bit mode optionally), while
32bit is always used when you run the OS in 32bit mode.



Yes, I believe that's true. But what needs to be kept in mind is that OS
10.6 is not "64 bit by default" as had been stated previously in that it
does not "always" boot using the 64 bit kernel.

That was my real point, as far as testing requirements go - there are
*lots* of Intel Macs out there that will be running 10.6.x in 32 bit
mode by default, and/or because they can't boot in 64 bit mode. What
will happen when Lion is released is anybody's guess at this point...I
guess...


In the Info window for some apps there's a checkbox for "Launch in 32
bit mode" once you're in 64 bit boot, but I didn't see such for SM
2.0.13 after I booted my MBP in 64 bit mode.


Sure, 2.0.* don't support 64bit on Mac, only 2.1* do.
From 2.0 to 2.1, we dropped PPC support but instead added 64bit support.

Robert Kaiser




...and I guess that's my real question - even though it's no longer UB,
it's still 32/64 bit bilingual? And I assume with the launch mode
selection in the Info pane?..which I'm guessing is handled by the OS
itself...


Well I am running 2.0.13  with my Macbook Pro set to 64bit

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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-20 Thread Rufus

Robert Kaiser wrote:

Rufus schrieb:

Both machines are running 10.6.7 - you can't really say that 10.6 is "64
bit boot by default" without knowing a bit more about what machine it's
being run on.


Oh, well. Still, AFAIK, when a universal binary is 32bit+64bit, like
SeaMonkey 2.1* versions are, then 64bit is used by default when you run
the OS in 64bit mode (but you can run in 32bit mode optionally), while
32bit is always used when you run the OS in 32bit mode.



Yes, I believe that's true.  But what needs to be kept in mind is that 
OS 10.6 is not "64 bit by default" as had been stated previously in that 
it does not "always" boot using the 64 bit kernel.


That was my real point, as far as testing requirements go - there are 
*lots* of Intel Macs out there that will be running 10.6.x in 32 bit 
mode by default, and/or because they can't boot in 64 bit mode.  What 
will happen when Lion is released is anybody's guess at this point...I 
guess...



In the Info window for some apps there's a checkbox for "Launch in 32
bit mode" once you're in 64 bit boot, but I didn't see such for SM
2.0.13 after I booted my MBP in 64 bit mode.


Sure, 2.0.* don't support 64bit on Mac, only 2.1* do.
 From 2.0 to 2.1, we dropped PPC support but instead added 64bit support.

Robert Kaiser




...and I guess that's my real question - even though it's no longer UB, 
it's still 32/64 bit bilingual?  And I assume with the launch mode 
selection in the Info pane?..which I'm guessing is handled by the OS 
itself...


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-20 Thread Robert Kaiser

Rufus schrieb:

Both machines are running 10.6.7 - you can't really say that 10.6 is "64
bit boot by default" without knowing a bit more about what machine it's
being run on.


Oh, well. Still, AFAIK, when a universal binary is 32bit+64bit, like 
SeaMonkey 2.1* versions are, then 64bit is used by default when you run 
the OS in 64bit mode (but you can run in 32bit mode optionally), while 
32bit is always used when you run the OS in 32bit mode.



In the Info window for some apps there's a checkbox for "Launch in 32
bit mode" once you're in 64 bit boot, but I didn't see such for SM
2.0.13 after I booted my MBP in 64 bit mode.


Sure, 2.0.* don't support 64bit on Mac, only 2.1* do.
From 2.0 to 2.1, we dropped PPC support but instead added 64bit support.

Robert Kaiser


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-20 Thread Rufus

Robert Kaiser wrote:

PhillipJones schrieb:

Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:

On 4/19/2011 6:50 PM, PhillipJones wrote:

as of this year all Mac Computers with Intel chips are 64 bit only
X.6.5
and up are 64 bit.


And as of [upcoming] 2.1 all SeaMonkey Mac builds are Intel Universal
Binaries of 32 bit and 64 bit builds.



will they be like in which you can switch to 64 bit by going to
application selecting type command Key-I (for get info) and checking box
for 64 bit.


On 10.6, it will automatically launch in 64bit mode (as AFAIK the OS
itself runs at 64bit by default, contrary to what you claim), on 10.5,
it will automatically launch in 32bit mode.



That depends on what machine you're using:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3696

And even this is misleading - by this, my 24" Core 2 Duo iMac should be 
able to boot in 64 bit mode, but it won't - even with a 6/4 key start 
up; 64 bit boot is not supported by EFI firmware even though it's 
running OS 10.6.7.


But my Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro *will* boot into 64 bit mode, but not by 
default - it's default is/was 32 bit mode...but I changed that last 
night by doing this:


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3773

Both machines are running 10.6.7 - you can't really say that 10.6 is "64 
bit boot by default" without knowing a bit more about what machine it's 
being run on.


To really know you need to launch System Profiler.app and look at the 
Software line - it will tell you which kernel is actually booted and in 
use (but not which is default).



I have no idea on manual switches as I thankfully can avoid touching the
golden cages from Apple, but I'm told that you can launch SeaMonkey in
32bit mode on 10.6 somehow - you probably know better than me how to do
that. And, as Callek said, best to try it out, the "almost done" last
beta is available for testing!

Robert Kaiser



In the Info window for some apps there's a checkbox for "Launch in 32 
bit mode" once you're in 64 bit boot, but I didn't see such for SM 
2.0.13 after I booted my MBP in 64 bit mode.


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-20 Thread Robert Kaiser

PhillipJones schrieb:

Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:

On 4/19/2011 6:50 PM, PhillipJones wrote:

as of this year all Mac Computers with Intel chips are 64 bit only X.6.5
and up are 64 bit.


And as of [upcoming] 2.1 all SeaMonkey Mac builds are Intel Universal
Binaries of 32 bit and 64 bit builds.



will they be like in which you can switch to 64 bit by going to
application selecting type command Key-I (for get info) and checking box
for 64 bit.


On 10.6, it will automatically launch in 64bit mode (as AFAIK the OS 
itself runs at 64bit by default, contrary to what you claim), on 10.5, 
it will automatically launch in 32bit mode.


I have no idea on manual switches as I thankfully can avoid touching the 
golden cages from Apple, but I'm told that you can launch SeaMonkey in 
32bit mode on 10.6 somehow - you probably know better than me how to do 
that. And, as Callek said, best to try it out, the "almost done" last 
beta is available for testing!


Robert Kaiser

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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-19 Thread Justin Wood (Callek)

On 4/19/2011 10:25 PM, PhillipJones wrote:

Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:

On 4/19/2011 6:50 PM, PhillipJones wrote:

as of this year all Mac Computers with Intel chips are 64 bit only X.6.5
and up are 64 bit.


And as of [upcoming] 2.1 all SeaMonkey Mac builds are Intel Universal
Binaries of 32 bit and 64 bit builds.


Here is an example: http://www.screencast.com/t/C2Oejo8F having a switch
for 32 or 64 bit.



I'm not sure on those mac specifics (I am a windows user myself); 
however if you want to test:


http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/2.1b3-real/mac/

Choose your locale, and install. Then if it work's you can let me (and 
list) know so that I know for future :-)


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-19 Thread Rufus

PhillipJones wrote:

Rufus wrote:

PhillipJones wrote:

Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:

On 4/19/2011 11:08 AM, upscope wrote:

As a fairly new user of SeaMonkey can I as why x86_64 is not
supported.
I have been running SeaMonkey(2.0.13) on my openSUSE 11.4 Linux system
and have not really experience many problems. Main problem I've
seen is
distribution lists do not always import csv files correctly.

Can I install 2.0.14 in parallel with 2.0.13.


Because we don't have the hardware (at the moment) to run the full test
suite/etc. on linux64. And we do not feel comfortable officially
supporting a build we don't run tests on.


as of this year all Mac Computers with Intel chips are 64 bit only X.6.5
and up are 64 bit.



I think more correctly that they are 64 bit capable; but the default
boot is still 32 bit, even under 10.6.7. Only the XServe will boot
directly into 64 bit mode by default.

Also, whether or not an Intel Mac is capable of 64 bit boot is still
dependent on firmware and hardware configuration - some of the older
ones are not, even though they can still run 10.6.7. So not "all" of the
Intel ones out there (just because of the OS), just all of the latest
ones.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3696

In order to do a 64 bit mode boot, you need to hold the "6" and "4" keys
down at startup, or use a utility like Startup Mode Selector to get 64
bit boot by default -

http://www.ahatfullofsky.comuv.com/English/Programs/SMS/SMS.html

I have two that are 64 bit capable (iMac and a Macbook Pro; both Core 2
Duo) but I haven't tried 64 bit mode on either of them.


Mine MacBook Pro 17" I bought I Feb says 64bit Processor (i7) and the
system explained run native in 64 bit. in order to run 32 bit you have
restart with a key combination that includes the numbers 3 and 2



Yes...and I just went looking and found my iMac won't boot 64 bit mode 
but my Macbook pro will.  My iMac is hardware capable, but it's firmware 
doesn't support it.


However, I also found out a way via Terminal command to make my Macbook 
Pro boot 64 bit mode by default, or as I choose...gonna do that now, as 
my 'Book sure feels snappier in 64 bit mode -


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3773

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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-19 Thread PhillipJones

Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:

On 4/19/2011 6:50 PM, PhillipJones wrote:

as of this year all Mac Computers with Intel chips are 64 bit only X.6.5
and up are 64 bit.


And as of [upcoming] 2.1 all SeaMonkey Mac builds are Intel Universal
Binaries of 32 bit and 64 bit builds.

Here is an example: http://www.screencast.com/t/C2Oejo8F having a switch 
for 32 or 64 bit.


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-19 Thread PhillipJones

Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:

On 4/19/2011 6:50 PM, PhillipJones wrote:

as of this year all Mac Computers with Intel chips are 64 bit only X.6.5
and up are 64 bit.


And as of [upcoming] 2.1 all SeaMonkey Mac builds are Intel Universal
Binaries of 32 bit and 64 bit builds.



will they be like  in which you can switch to 64 bit by going to 
application selecting type command Key-I (for get info) and checking box 
for 64 bit.


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-19 Thread PhillipJones

Rufus wrote:

PhillipJones wrote:

Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:

On 4/19/2011 11:08 AM, upscope wrote:

As a fairly new user of SeaMonkey can I as why x86_64 is not supported.
I have been running SeaMonkey(2.0.13) on my openSUSE 11.4 Linux system
and have not really experience many problems. Main problem I've seen is
distribution lists do not always import csv files correctly.

Can I install 2.0.14 in parallel with 2.0.13.


Because we don't have the hardware (at the moment) to run the full test
suite/etc. on linux64. And we do not feel comfortable officially
supporting a build we don't run tests on.


as of this year all Mac Computers with Intel chips are 64 bit only X.6.5
and up are 64 bit.



I think more correctly that they are 64 bit capable; but the default
boot is still 32 bit, even under 10.6.7. Only the XServe will boot
directly into 64 bit mode by default.

Also, whether or not an Intel Mac is capable of 64 bit boot is still
dependent on firmware and hardware configuration - some of the older
ones are not, even though they can still run 10.6.7. So not "all" of the
Intel ones out there (just because of the OS), just all of the latest ones.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3696

In order to do a 64 bit mode boot, you need to hold the "6" and "4" keys
down at startup, or use a utility like Startup Mode Selector to get 64
bit boot by default -

http://www.ahatfullofsky.comuv.com/English/Programs/SMS/SMS.html

I have two that are 64 bit capable (iMac and a Macbook Pro; both Core 2
Duo) but I haven't tried 64 bit mode on either of them.

Mine MacBook Pro 17" I bought I Feb says 64bit Processor (i7) and the 
system  explained run native in 64 bit. in order to run 32 bit you have 
restart  with a key combination that includes the numbers 3 and 2


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-19 Thread Justin Wood (Callek)

On 4/19/2011 6:50 PM, PhillipJones wrote:

as of this year all Mac Computers with Intel chips are 64 bit only X.6.5
and up are 64 bit.


And as of [upcoming] 2.1 all SeaMonkey Mac builds are Intel Universal 
Binaries of 32 bit and 64 bit builds.


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-19 Thread Rufus

PhillipJones wrote:

Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:

On 4/19/2011 11:08 AM, upscope wrote:

As a fairly new user of SeaMonkey can I as why x86_64 is not supported.
I have been running SeaMonkey(2.0.13) on my openSUSE 11.4 Linux system
and have not really experience many problems. Main problem I've seen is
distribution lists do not always import csv files correctly.

Can I install 2.0.14 in parallel with 2.0.13.


Because we don't have the hardware (at the moment) to run the full test
suite/etc. on linux64. And we do not feel comfortable officially
supporting a build we don't run tests on.


as of this year all Mac Computers with Intel chips are 64 bit only X.6.5
and up are 64 bit.



I think more correctly that they are 64 bit capable; but the default 
boot is still 32 bit, even under 10.6.7.  Only the XServe will boot 
directly into 64 bit mode by default.


Also, whether or not an Intel Mac is capable of 64 bit boot is still 
dependent on firmware and hardware configuration - some of the older 
ones are not, even though they can still run 10.6.7.  So not "all" of 
the Intel ones out there (just because of the OS), just all of the 
latest ones.


http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3696

In order to do a 64 bit mode boot, you need to hold the "6" and "4" keys 
down at startup, or use a utility like Startup Mode Selector to get 64 
bit boot by default -


http://www.ahatfullofsky.comuv.com/English/Programs/SMS/SMS.html

I have two that are 64 bit capable (iMac and a Macbook Pro; both Core 2 
Duo) but I haven't tried 64 bit mode on either of them.


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-19 Thread PhillipJones

Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:

On 4/19/2011 11:08 AM, upscope wrote:

As a fairly new user of SeaMonkey can I as why x86_64 is not supported.
I have been running SeaMonkey(2.0.13) on my openSUSE 11.4 Linux system
and have not really experience many problems. Main problem I've seen is
distribution lists do not always import csv files correctly.

Can I install 2.0.14 in parallel with 2.0.13.


Because we don't have the hardware (at the moment) to run the full test
suite/etc. on linux64. And we do not feel comfortable officially
supporting a build we don't run tests on.

as of this year all Mac Computers with Intel chips are 64 bit only X.6.5 
and up are 64 bit.


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-19 Thread Justin Wood (Callek)

On 4/19/2011 11:08 AM, upscope wrote:

As a fairly new user of SeaMonkey can I as why x86_64 is not supported.
I have been running SeaMonkey(2.0.13) on my openSUSE 11.4 Linux system
and have not really experience many problems. Main problem I've seen is
distribution lists do not always import csv files correctly.

Can I install 2.0.14 in parallel with 2.0.13.


Because we don't have the hardware (at the moment) to run the full test 
suite/etc. on linux64. And we do not feel comfortable officially 
supporting a build we don't run tests on.


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Re: Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-19 Thread upscope
As a fairly new user of SeaMonkey can I as why x86_64 is not supported. 
I have been running SeaMonkey(2.0.13) on my openSUSE 11.4 Linux system 
and have not really experience many problems. Main problem I've seen is 
distribution lists do not always import csv files correctly.

Can I install 2.0.14 in parallel with 2.0.13.

On Tuesday, April 19, 2011 06:28:02 AM Ian Neal wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> All the builds for SeaMonkey 2.0.14 have been created (updates are
> available on the betatest channel soon), so it's time for starting
> tests on them to ensure we get an update out there that is worth
> shipping to all our 2.0.x users.
> 
> Please help us testing the Windows installers, Mac disk images and
> Linux packages, all available in 24 languages including US English.
> The packages are available in the linux-i686, mac, and win32
> sub-directories of
> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/nightly/2.0.14-candi
> dates/build1/
> 
> Once again, the linux-x86_64 build is NOT OFFICIAL and NOT ENDORSED.
> It will be listed as "contributed build" even if it was technically
> created by our build system, and it will be treated in no other way
> than usual contributed builds. In other words, it's just an
> experiment.
> 
> Please use the builds for any usage patterns you can think of,
> possibly also doing a
> https://litmus.mozilla.org/run_tests.cgi?test_run_id=7 smoketest run
> on them. I know that Litmus run isn't perfect, but it's the best we
> have right now.
> 
> Localizers, please test the builds in your locale, any updates can be
> taken with further sign-offs (in the new tool) which was introduced
> for 2.0.13 and future updates.
> 
> If no problems come up in testing those builds, they will probably go
> live as the official 2.0.14 on April 26, in sync with Firefox and
> Thunderbird updates that will fix the same set of security issues.
> 
> The list of bugs fixed in this update contains 28 public reports thus
> far, 18 security issues are currently hidden and only to be disclosed
> upon release of our updates. The bug query to find the issues is
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Core&product=Toolkit
> &product=Testing&product=MailNews+Core&product=SeaMonkey&product=Othe
> r+Applications&field0-0-0=keywords&type0-0-0=anywords&value0-0-0=fixe
> d-seamonkey2.0.14&field0-0-1=cf_status_191&type0-0-1=anywords&value0-
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Testing SeaMonkey 2.0.14 candidates - help wanted!

2011-04-19 Thread Ian Neal

Hi everyone,

All the builds for SeaMonkey 2.0.14 have been created (updates are
available on the betatest channel soon), so it's time for starting
tests on them to ensure we get an update out there that is worth
shipping to all our 2.0.x users.

Please help us testing the Windows installers, Mac disk images and Linux
packages, all available in 24 languages including US English.
The packages are available in the linux-i686, mac, and win32
sub-directories of
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/nightly/2.0.14-candidates/build1/

Once again, the linux-x86_64 build is NOT OFFICIAL and NOT ENDORSED. It
will be listed as "contributed build" even if it was technically created
by our build system, and it will be treated in no other way than usual
contributed builds. In other words, it's just an experiment.

Please use the builds for any usage patterns you can think of, possibly
also doing a https://litmus.mozilla.org/run_tests.cgi?test_run_id=7
smoketest run on them. I know that Litmus run isn't perfect, but it's
the best we have right now.

Localizers, please test the builds in your locale, any updates can be
taken with further sign-offs (in the new tool) which was introduced for 
2.0.13 and future updates.


If no problems come up in testing those builds, they will probably go
live as the official 2.0.14 on April 26, in sync with Firefox and
Thunderbird updates that will fix the same set of security issues.

The list of bugs fixed in this update contains 28 public reports thus
far, 18 security issues are currently hidden and only to be disclosed 
upon release of our updates. The bug query to find the issues is 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Core&product=Toolkit&product=Testing&product=MailNews+Core&product=SeaMonkey&product=Other+Applications&field0-0-0=keywords&type0-0-0=anywords&value0-0-0=fixed-seamonkey2.0.14&field0-0-1=cf_status_191&type0-0-1=anywords&value0-0-1=.19-fixed&field0-0-2=cf_status_thunderbird30&type0-0-2=anywords&value0-0-2=.14-fixed


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Ian Neal (IanN) on behalf of Justin Wood (Callek)
SeaMonkey Council Member
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