[Gvsig_english] gv_sig and future on mac os

[Benjamin Ducke]

I concur. This is good news. It was horrible to have
Apple mess with the Java standards and deploy Java
as some sort of pimped up system service instead of
a regular JVM. Good thing that's over. In the future,
we can focus on shipping gvSIG with the OpenJDK port.
GvSIG OADE on Mac OS X (10.6) is fully supported, as Chris
says. It also includes GRASS GIS and we will continue
to release Mac OS X versions along with Linux and Windows
versions in the future. Get it here:

http://oadigital.net/software/gvsigoade/gvsigdownload

Make sure to read the Mac OS X specific sections in the
installation manual and on our support pages here:

http://oadigital.net/software/gvsigoade/gvsigbugs

Have fun with gvSIG on Mac OS X!

Ben

----- Original Message -----
> Wow, the power that Mac has over its owners... Microsoft do not supply
> a Microsoft JavaVM either. Nor do any of the Linux vendors supply a
> Linux JavaVM. Apple not supplying one is not the end of the world. Nor
> would it add any weight to reasons to use Apple - it seems likely that
> eventually nothing cross-platform will be officially allowed on Apple
> hardware; what then? Only use applications that people port to Apple
> and charge you for their effort?
> 
> BTW, gvSIG OA Digital Edition is tested for the Mac. Ironically that
> will get easier once it is a standard JVM rather than an Apple tweaked
> one...
> 
> Chris
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Hi Rafa,
> >
> > Yes for the short term... but if you look at yesterday keynote, it
> > look like apple will move away from java. No java program accepted
> > in the mac store. Even if apple for now, allow developper to give
> > their program in their site or others... that's a sign that in the
> > next few
> > years java have a big chance of following flash in the not allow
> > solution in apple product.
> >
> > So I wasn't aware that gv_sig not officially supported on mac.. I
> > was mistaken someware because I was sure of the contrary. It's
> > unfortunate to ear that no multiplatform support for gv_sig.
> >
> > Good luck gv_sig team, but migration without longterm support is to
> > risky ...
> >
> > Maccel
> > Le 10-10-21 à 10:59, Rafa Gaitan a écrit :
> >
> > > Hi Maccel,
> > >
> > > On apple web page
> > > (http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/Java/
> > > JavaSnowLeopardUpdate3LeopardUpdate8RN/NewandNoteworthy/
> > > NewandNoteworthy.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010380-CH4-SW1)
> > > says:
> > >
> > > "As of the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, the version
> > > of Java that is ported by Apple, and that ships with Mac OS X, is
> > > deprecated.
> > >
> > > This means that the Apple-produced runtime will not be maintained
> > > at the same level, and may be removed from future versions of Mac
> > > OS X.
> > > The Java runtime shipping in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and Mac
> > > OS X 10.5 Leopard, will continue to be supported and maintained
> > > through the standard support cycles of those products."
> > >
> > > That's it, Apple will not give support or default installations
> > > for Java. We need to wait until Oracle says something, maybe they
> > > will give the necessary support. Apple is not closing the
> > > possibility of
> > > a external installation of Java by Oracle (or maybe others).
> > >
> > > Anyway gvSIG is not officially supported on MacOSX, but we (gvSIG
> > > 3D Team) are trying to release a new build soon with very nice
> > > bugfixes based on gvSIG 1.10 + gvSIG 3D + Sextante with GDAL 1.7.2
> > > + ECW +
> > > SID.
> > >
> > > We have been working hard fixing some problems on 3D extension and
> > > we hope get out the build soon for MacOSX and other platforms too.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Rafa.
> > >
> > >
> > > 2010/10/21 gmail <pvmstg at gmail.com>:
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >> I know it's not for tomorrow. But since all indications point to
> > >> the end of java program support on mac, do the fact that gv_sig
> > >> is all java point to a dead end? Or at least a program working
> > >> non natively only by hacking support of java (wich is not the
> > >> best way
> > >> to do)?
> > >>
> > >> Maccel
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -- Rafael Gaitán Linares
> > > Instituto de Automática e Informática Industrial http://
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