1.6.0 sometime late next week

Ryan Schmidt ryandesign at macports.org
Sun Nov 25 03:25:15 PST 2007


On Nov 25, 2007, at 00:07, Juan Manuel Palacios wrote:

> On Nov 23, 2007, at 4:57 AM, Boey Maun Suang wrote:
>
>>> 	So if anyone has a Panther box, has an interest for a dmg for  
>>> that platform and feels like lending a hand, please do coordinate  
>>> with me to put together that dmg.
>>
>> I bought a second-hand one few months ago just for MacPorts (no, I  
>> don't have much money, I just spend it wisely :P ), so I'd be  
>> happy to do it.  There may be a couple of days turnaround, though,  
>> as I'm currently shuttling between two places of residence  
>> throughout each week, and it'd be a bit hard to carry a PowerMac  
>> dual G5 and 20" cinema display every day on foot.
>
> 	Thanks to all of you, Maun Suang, Chris and Ryan, for offering to  
> help with the Panther dmg. I'd love to do it with whomever I can  
> coordinate with over AIM and/or IRC, in order to keep a close eye  
> on details. E-mail me privately for contact information if you're  
> not already on IRC (where you can usually find me), please.
>
> 	In any case, the base/portmgr/ReleaseProcess file has some  
> detailed instructions for the dmg too, explaining how to build it  
> and some of the details I believe anyone trying to create it should  
> look out for; reading that will certainly give you a head-start on  
> what needs to be done. Let me know if you have any questions.

I'll read that document just to see how things work, but if Maun  
Suang or Chris can build it without too much trouble I'll defer to  
them. The only Panther machine I can think of that I could gain  
access to is a friend's laptop.



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