Re: Mac App Store

2010-10-30 Thread David Nicholls
On 31/10/10 1:50 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: We already have a neat application for running Macports in a more user-friendly way; it's called Pallet. See: http://trac.macports.org/wiki/MacPortsGUI Anyway you seem to be asking about whether MacPorts itself could appear in the App Store, while thi

Re: upcoming qt4-mac changes

2010-10-30 Thread Kastus Shchuka
On Oct 29, 2010, at 7:52 AM, Michael Dickens wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: michae...@macports.org Subject: [72874] trunk/dports/_resources/port1.0/group/qt4-1.0.tcl Add in a few more variables; set all variables to 'global' to allow for use in variants and enbedded stages. Related to

Re: Port commit questions regarding python versions and philosophy for splitting ports

2010-10-30 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Oct 29, 2010, at 10:19, Michelle Gill wrote: > On Oct 29, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: > >> You can always contribute new ports and patches using MacPorts Trac :) >> >> http://trac.macports.org/newticket > > I am aware of the trac system. Based on the MacPorts Guide, I thoug

Re: Mac App Store

2010-10-30 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Oct 30, 2010, at 08:16, Haravikk wrote: > While there are certainly plenty of clauses that could allow Apple to deny > Macports access to their app store, I think it's still something worth > attempting, as a nice Mac app for running macports would certainly be more > user friendly anyway, s

Re: Mac App Store

2010-10-30 Thread Haravikk
While there are certainly plenty of clauses that could allow Apple to deny Macports access to their app store, I think it's still something worth attempting, as a nice Mac app for running macports would certainly be more user friendly anyway, so even if Apple did then reject it it's not like it'

Re: Mac App Store

2010-10-30 Thread Rainer Müller
On 2010-10-30 08:24 , Martin Krischik wrote: > Have you not read the rules? There are some many rules which end with > »may/will be rejected«. I don't think we can - without checking I think > we MacPorts in violation in 2 or 3 of those: > > 1) Downloading additional components. > 2) Using non pre

Re: Mac App Store

2010-10-30 Thread Erwan David
Le Fri 29/10/2010, Anthony Michael Agelastos disait > Hello, > > Out of curiosity, are there any plans for MacPorts to be on the upcoming Mac > App Store? If not, does anyone think there's merit for MacPorts to utilize > such infrastructure? I am not sure how the store will work, but I would