Re: Issue 504 in lilypond: lilypond broken on osx 10.5

[Hans Aberg]

On 18 Nov 2007, at 21:51, address@hidden wrote:

> Issue 504: lilypond broken on osx 10.5
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=504
>
> Comment #16 by gpermus:
> Let me clarify Han-Wen's comment:
>
> *NOBODY* on the development team has OSX 10.5.  *NOBODY* on the  
> development team has
> "the time and energy to compile it".
>
> LilyPond is open-source software; that means that anybody is  
> welcome to contribute,
> including porting it to XCode, packaging it via fink, or fixing  
> whatever Apple broke
> in 10.5.  The development team does not have the time/energy/ 
> hardware/software to do
> this ourselves, so if compiling with odcctools doesn't work, this  
> bug will remain
> open until somebody else helps out.

Mac OS X 10.5 is on Intel in fact certified UNIX, so if you have the  
intent to work on UNIX like platforms, a traditional UNIX package  
ought to be fine.

  Hans Aberg