Inkscape 0.92.0 is now available via MacPorts both as an X11 build and as a native Quartz build.
If you have MacPorts installed you can build the X11 version using
sudo port install inkscape
or the Quartz version using
sudo port install inkscape +quartz
For those who want to follow development toward 0.92.1, an inkscape-devel port is also available which builds a recent snapshot from the lp:inkscape/0.92.x release branch. The current version is 0.92.0 bzr 15301.
Let me know if you have any questions, issues or comments or you can file a ticket at https://trac.macports.org/
Regards,
Dave Evans
Dave, those are great news!
Can you help me update the website instructions for OS X?
If you have a couple of minutes to spare, please take a look at: https://inkscape.org/download/mac-os/
As I'm not an OS X user myself, I will need help with that.
Especially I need to answer these questions:
What is the difference between both versions? Does one need any additional software? How does a user choose which one to install? For which versions of OS X will they work? Is any of the current contents of the page relevant for the 0.92 version?
And, not urgent: Are the FAQ items still relevant for this? https://inkscape.org/en/learn/faq/#mac-os-x-specific-issues
(and, embarrassingly: what is macports? Do OS X users know what it is? Are there installation instructions?)
Thank you!
Regards, Maren
Am 05.01.2017 um 00:32 schrieb David Evans:
Inkscape 0.92.0 is now available via MacPorts both as an X11 build and as a native Quartz build.
If you have MacPorts installed you can build the X11 version using
sudo port install inkscape
or the Quartz version using
sudo port install inkscape +quartz
For those who want to follow development toward 0.92.1, an inkscape-devel port is also available which builds a recent snapshot from the lp:inkscape/0.92.x release branch. The current version is 0.92.0 bzr 15301.
Let me know if you have any questions, issues or comments or you can file a ticket at https://trac.macports.org/
Regards,
Dave Evans
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On 1/4/17 4:15 PM, Maren Hachmann wrote:
Dave, those are great news!
Can you help me update the website instructions for OS X?
If you have a couple of minutes to spare, please take a look at: https://inkscape.org/download/mac-os/
As I'm not an OS X user myself, I will need help with that.
Especially I need to answer these questions:
What is the difference between both versions? Does one need any additional software? How does a user choose which one to install? For which versions of OS X will they work? Is any of the current contents of the page relevant for the 0.92 version?
And, not urgent: Are the FAQ items still relevant for this? https://inkscape.org/en/learn/faq/#mac-os-x-specific-issues
I can take a look and let you know what needs to be updated.
(and, embarrassingly: what is macports? Do OS X users know what it is? Are there installation instructions?)
MacPorts is a package management system for OS X which allows installation and maintenance of a wide range of open source software packages just by typing their name. It can also be used to build stand alone installation packages of a given port as well.
I believe that the current Inkscape OS X packaging system uses a customized MacPorts snapshot to build Inkscape and it's dependencies.
It's been around for some time so I think it's fairly well known among Mac users and currently supports over 20,000 packages with more being added as we speak.
Others sytems that perform similar functions (but differently) are Fink and Homebrew.
Packaged installers for the MacPorts system are available for MacOS X versions 10.4 (Tiger) to present 10.12 (Sierra).
See https://guide.macports.org/#installing for detailed installation instructions including the required prerequisites. After that you may have some more questions. :-)
But if you don't have a Mac to install it on, it may not be much use to you.
Dave
Thank you!
Regards, Maren
Am 05.01.2017 um 00:32 schrieb David Evans:
Inkscape 0.92.0 is now available via MacPorts both as an X11 build and as a native Quartz build.
If you have MacPorts installed you can build the X11 version using
sudo port install inkscape
or the Quartz version using
sudo port install inkscape +quartz
For those who want to follow development toward 0.92.1, an inkscape-devel port is also available which builds a recent snapshot from the lp:inkscape/0.92.x release branch. The current version is 0.92.0 bzr 15301.
Let me know if you have any questions, issues or comments or you can file a ticket at https://trac.macports.org/
Regards,
Dave Evans
Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel
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Hi Dave,
Am 05.01.2017 um 04:44 schrieb David Evans:
On 1/4/17 4:15 PM, Maren Hachmann wrote:
Dave, those are great news!
Can you help me update the website instructions for OS X?
If you have a couple of minutes to spare, please take a look at: https://inkscape.org/download/mac-os/
As I'm not an OS X user myself, I will need help with that.
Especially I need to answer these questions:
What is the difference between both versions? Does one need any additional software? How does a user choose which one to install? For which versions of OS X will they work? Is any of the current contents of the page relevant for the 0.92 version?
Even without the additional info, we've gone ahead and added the MacPorts info to the website. Could you please check if I've compiled it correctly from your emails to the devel list?
https://inkscape.org/en/download/mac-os/ https://inkscape.org/en/download/development-versions/
I've also prepared a very short news article, that isn't published yet.
Thank you for your help!
Regards, Maren
And, not urgent: Are the FAQ items still relevant for this? https://inkscape.org/en/learn/faq/#mac-os-x-specific-issues
I can take a look and let you know what needs to be updated.
(and, embarrassingly: what is macports? Do OS X users know what it is? Are there installation instructions?)
MacPorts is a package management system for OS X which allows installation and maintenance of a wide range of open source software packages just by typing their name. It can also be used to build stand alone installation packages of a given port as well.
I believe that the current Inkscape OS X packaging system uses a customized MacPorts snapshot to build Inkscape and it's dependencies.
It's been around for some time so I think it's fairly well known among Mac users and currently supports over 20,000 packages with more being added as we speak.
Others sytems that perform similar functions (but differently) are Fink and Homebrew.
Packaged installers for the MacPorts system are available for MacOS X versions 10.4 (Tiger) to present 10.12 (Sierra).
- Thank you for the info!
See https://guide.macports.org/#installing for detailed installation instructions including the required prerequisites. After that you may have some more questions. :-)
But if you don't have a Mac to install it on, it may not be much use to you.
- It's still helpful to produce correct website contents ;-)
Maren
Dave
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