You can tell them to talk to Brad so long as:
1. You tell them it is an "unofficial" port
2. On a best-efforts basis
3. and that the JAC can't guarantee a timescale.
Tim
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Rankin, SE (Stephen) wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Can I direct people to Brad when they ask about the Mac OS X port, a couple
> of people have asked who is doing the port, but I don't know if I should
> bother Brad too much?
>
> Steve.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Jenness [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 25 November 2003 19:18
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Mac OS X
>
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Rankin, SE (Stephen) wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know the ETA of the Mac OS X port? I am getting a few requests
> > for it now, and I don't know what to tell them. I can always point them at
> > GAIA and STARJAVA, but I would like to be able to say more.
>
> We've had nearly 10 requests for SURF/Starlink on OS X in the past month.
>
> Brad is working on this on a "best efforts" basis. He's about 3/4 way
> through all the infrastructure libraries but may not be able to work on
> it further in the near future.
>
> At this rate I wouldn't expect a release until late Spring. It'll probably
> take a week if he was working on it full time.
>
> I can ask him to write up his experiences and send the modified files
> to this list if Starlink are going to take over the rest of the port.
>
> --
> Tim Jenness
> JAC software
> http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/~timj
>
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