Changes between Version 46 and Version 47 of Developer/OpenProjects

Timestamp:

03/25/08 17:37:22 (16 years ago)

Author:

Acudmore

Comment:

/* RTEMS Tool Support on MacOS */

Developer/OpenProjects

@@ -560 +560 @@
 
 The goal of this project is to provide precompiled versions of the
-RTEMS tools for the x86 MacOS.  As the RTEMS toolset updates frequently,
+RTEMS tools for Mac OS X.  As the RTEMS toolset updates frequently,
 there must be scripting infrastructure developed to build these tools 
 easily when updates are required.
 
+Tool distribution questions:
+ *  Provide Binary installers for all of the tools ( similar to the Windows MingW binaries ) ?
+ *  Provide Mac Ports ( http://www.macports.org ) for the tools ? ( and can these be used for BSD variants too? ) ?
+ *  Provide Fink .deb packages ( http://www.finkproject.org/ ) ?
+ *  Or just provide an easy to use shell script that can download, patch, build and install the tools? 
+
+Mac OS X version/architecture questions:
+ *  Does the project make a cut-off with a newer version of OS X ( say 10.4 or even 10.5 )?
+ *  Does the project support x86 and PPC Macs or just stick with x86?
+
+Build questions:
+ *  Can the tools be built and packaged on an open source Darwin OS machine? or is a full Mac OS X machine needed to do these builds?
+
+License questions:
 Little is know by those who currently build RTEMS tool binaries about
 the packaging and legal requirements associated with providing
@@ -569 +583 @@
 
 The RTEMS Project currently does not have a MacOS X computer and would
-have to have one before these could be supported long term. 
+have to have one before these could be supported long term.
 = Multilib GNU Ada =