[X4U] 10.5 instead of 10.6

[Eugene]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 04:54:34PM CST, zapcat <zapcat at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> 
> No need to get worked up, John. I am not saying that SL is a
> steaming pile, simply that it is for some, not production-ready.

For some users who use certain apps or rely on certain functions, 10.6
may NEVER be production-ready.  You can cherrypick any talking point to
support any argument (e.g. my production equipment uses PowerMac G5s,
Snow Leopard doesn't run on anything PowerPC, ergo Snow Leopard is not
production ready).

> Some Blender users (and myself) are not 100% sure that Blender 2.49a
> and SL play nicely together. I've seen a couple of wierd things
> which do not happen in Leopard.
[...]
> I've also found Inkscape to be a little wierd. It could be X11
> itself, tho. The wierd things I've seen don't happen in regular
> leopard.

The problem with these apps is that they are open-source projects that
no one is working on full-time.  But in the open source world, if you
don't like how it's working, you are welcome to contribute code and fix
it yourself.  That may be a problem if you're not a coder, but the open
source community rejects that as a poor excuse for not learning to code.
If either project was financially supported through some commercial
support structure, maybe they could hire some full-time developers to
keep the code updated through OS releases.

Of course, lack of support is one the costs of relying on free products
in your commercial workflow.

[...]
> I am puzzled why some of you are having an emotional episode at the
> innocent statement that Snow Leopard isn't production-ready for
> everyone.

Because that's not what you originally said.

On 10 Feb 2010, at 4:26pm, zapcat wrote:
>
> I find it wierd and a bit dumb if currently-shipping machines can ONLY
> load Snow Leopard, since SL simply is not production-ready yet.

Originally, you said that SL is not production-ready.  You did not say
qualify that with "for everyone" like you are doing now.

I'm just saying.


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Eugene
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