Remote build facilities
Hi, I'm one of the main developers for a GPLed kid's educational game, TuxMath. (http://www.tux4kids.com). I develop on Linux, but my daughters' school uses Macs. Our Mac port is woefully out of date, and the teachers at their school are eager to get it updated. The other main developer of TuxMath has started a macports project for TuxMath, but it's apparently running into snags in the build process. I'd like to try to help out, but I don't have a Mac. Is there a way to get some kind of developer account on a Mac somewhere (preferably one already set up as a macports development environment), so that I could work on it remotely? I have the impression that Debian has servers for the use of their developers, I wonder if there is something analogous for Macs. Best, --Tim
On Mar 14, 2008, at 11:18 AM, Tim Holy wrote:
Is there a way to get some kind of developer account on a Mac somewhere (preferably one already set up as a macports development environment), so that I could work on it remotely?
Not that I'm aware of. OpenDarwin used to run a couple of machines for MacPorts developers (and others) to work on, but (at least so far) that's not something that MacOSForge offers for us.
I have the impression that Debian has servers for the use of their developers, I wonder if there is something analogous for Macs.
I'm not aware of any Mac OS X shell providers either. There may be someone on the list who would be willing to give you access to some machine somewhere, but your best bet is probably to either get the school to loan you a machine (or access to one) or buy a mac mini. -- Daniel J. Luke +========================================================+ | *---------------- dluke@geeklair.net ----------------* | | *-------------- http://www.geeklair.net -------------* | +========================================================+ | Opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily | | reflect the opinions of my employer. | +========================================================+
Like Daniel said, MacPorts and MacOSForge do not offer shell accounts, but I'll ask around at Apple to see if there's anything ADC offers. I seem to remember something like that existing, but it was a long time ago. -Bill On Mar 14, 2008, at 8:18 AM, Tim Holy wrote:
Hi,
I'm one of the main developers for a GPLed kid's educational game, TuxMath. (http://www.tux4kids.com). I develop on Linux, but my daughters' school uses Macs. Our Mac port is woefully out of date, and the teachers at their school are eager to get it updated.
The other main developer of TuxMath has started a macports project for TuxMath, but it's apparently running into snags in the build process. I'd like to try to help out, but I don't have a Mac.
Is there a way to get some kind of developer account on a Mac somewhere (preferably one already set up as a macports development environment), so that I could work on it remotely? I have the impression that Debian has servers for the use of their developers, I wonder if there is something analogous for Macs.
Best, --Tim _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
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Oh, here's what I was remembering: http://developer.apple.com/labs/ Its not free (and probably not remote), so hopefully someone else on this list can offer up a shell account on a Mac. -Bill On Mar 14, 2008, at 8:18 AM, Tim Holy wrote:
Hi,
I'm one of the main developers for a GPLed kid's educational game, TuxMath. (http://www.tux4kids.com). I develop on Linux, but my daughters' school uses Macs. Our Mac port is woefully out of date, and the teachers at their school are eager to get it updated.
The other main developer of TuxMath has started a macports project for TuxMath, but it's apparently running into snags in the build process. I'd like to try to help out, but I don't have a Mac.
Is there a way to get some kind of developer account on a Mac somewhere (preferably one already set up as a macports development environment), so that I could work on it remotely? I have the impression that Debian has servers for the use of their developers, I wonder if there is something analogous for Macs.
Best, --Tim _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
---- William Siegrist Software Support Engineer Mac OS Forge http://macosforge.org/ wsiegrist@apple.com 408 862 7337
Hi, I've received an offer---and, in one of those interesting coincidences, from a list-subscriber who is also a friend! Thanks all, --Tim On Friday 14 March 2008, William Siegrist wrote:
Oh, here's what I was remembering:
http://developer.apple.com/labs/
Its not free (and probably not remote), so hopefully someone else on this list can offer up a shell account on a Mac.
-Bill
On Mar 14, 2008, at 8:18 AM, Tim Holy wrote:
Hi,
I'm one of the main developers for a GPLed kid's educational game, TuxMath. (http://www.tux4kids.com). I develop on Linux, but my daughters' school uses Macs. Our Mac port is woefully out of date, and the teachers at their school are eager to get it updated.
The other main developer of TuxMath has started a macports project for TuxMath, but it's apparently running into snags in the build process. I'd like to try to help out, but I don't have a Mac.
Is there a way to get some kind of developer account on a Mac somewhere (preferably one already set up as a macports development environment), so that I could work on it remotely? I have the impression that Debian has servers for the use of their developers, I wonder if there is something analogous for Macs.
Best, --Tim _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
---- William Siegrist Software Support Engineer Mac OS Forge http://macosforge.org/ wsiegrist@apple.com 408 862 7337
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