I figured this would be a good place to see if anyone would like to
help port a newly released open source wxPython app to Mac. (We
currently support Windows/Linux).
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Anil Gulecha <anil.ve...@gmail.com> wrote: > I figured this would be a good place to see if anyone would like to > help port a newly released open source wxPython app to Mac. (We > currently support Windows/Linux).
This looks like a really nice program. Unfortunately, I just don't have a use for it, and thus no motivation to work on teh Mac port. However, I'm sure I, an others here will be glad to help out with specific issues.
I see a very pessimistic comment on that issue -- it's just pain wrong. The OS-X port of wxPython is robust and full featured. I use it all the time, and have ported a couple significant apps to it that were originally developed with no OS-X testing -- with few problems. The most work was putting in the Mac-specific stuff. See:
That being said -- you just can't do it without a Mac (though some folks have had success with a "hackintosh"...), so I hope you find an interested developer.
Also, sometime wx apps are written in a somewhat no-standard way that works OK on some platforms, but not others, so there can be tricky issues. Custom rendering comes to mind for that.
Good luck,
-Chris
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On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Chris Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Anil Gulecha <anil.ve...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I figured this would be a good place to see if anyone would like to >> help port a newly released open source wxPython app to Mac. (We >> currently support Windows/Linux).
> This looks like a really nice program. Unfortunately, I just don't > have a use for it, and thus no motivation to work on teh Mac port. > However, I'm sure I, an others here will be glad to help out with > specific issues.
> I see a very pessimistic comment on that issue -- it's just pain > wrong. The OS-X port of wxPython is robust and full featured. I use it > all the time, and have ported a couple significant apps to it that > were originally developed with no OS-X testing -- with few problems. > The most work was putting in the Mac-specific stuff. See:
> That being said -- you just can't do it without a Mac (though some > folks have had success with a "hackintosh"...), so I hope you find an > interested developer.
> Also, sometime wx apps are written in a somewhat no-standard way that > works OK on some platforms, but not others, so there can be tricky > issues. Custom rendering comes to mind for that.
> Good luck,
> -Chris
> --
> Christopher Barker, Ph.D. > Oceanographer
> Emergency Response Division > NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice > 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax > Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception
