Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Mac testing v5.3.4

[Matt B. <wal...@ma...>]

> On Dec 10, 2020, at 10:29 PM, Steve Letter <sle...@ya...> wrote:
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> My system won’t run anything older than 10.9 Mavericks. I need to find a mini or something to run 10.6 Snow Leopard, probably on eBay. If you see something, feel free to let me know. 
> 
> Steve Letter
> Sent from my Symbolics Lisp Machine using rmail. 


Take a look at the Low End Mac site.  They don't sell Macs but provide specifications for just about everything produced.  They have been around forever:
https://lowendmac.com/mac-mini-index/

It looks like you could use a Mac mini produced from Early 2009 through Mid 2010.  The great thing is that you can run a Mac mini headless as i sometimes do. Please verify the specs on Low End Mac and then look on eBay.  There are a couple of them on there now that would seem to work.  You will have to vet the product and seller.



>> On Dec 10, 2020, at 9:56 PM, Matt Broughton <wal...@ma...> wrote:
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>> I am starting a new thread for several items.  Things were getting lost in the thread 'Looking for testers'.
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>> I was able to try the v5.3.4 -- the notarized version in snapshots -- on a Xerox Phaser 6180n.  As expected install and printing was fine.  Adding a Generic of any type in macos cannot be done via the Apple System Preferences.  The printer ID is matched to any drivers that match it.  In the case of my Epson Workforce 1100, the default driver comes up as Epson's driver.  I then have a choice to use Epson Workforce 1100 + Gutenprint v5.3.4.  
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>> The problem then is that printers don't say that they are 'Generic color laser' printers or the like.  This means that there is no way via the GUI to generate a PPD and associate it with the printer.  The CUPS web interface lists all of the Gutenprint drivers along with the manufacturer's drivers. Thoughts or solutions?
>> 
> If the printer isn’t matched it shows the entire list and generic can be selected. So I don’t see a problem.   Maybe I’m missing your point?

As to the Xerox Phaser 8160n, I am going to have to take another look when I can get access to the printer.  I must have missed something as the gutenprint/5.3/xml/printers/pcl does list the Xerox Phaser 6180n.  I must have missed the pop up menu that has it.  I remember now that we scoured all  the databases we could find to get a list of pcl laser printers.  This is probably a non issue then.




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>> I also tried to install v5.3.4 under macosx 10.6.x.  It barfed just as the v5.3.3 installer did briefly pop up a message indicating an error in the signature.  Unfortunately, I can't find it in the system logs.  I think it may be time to stop supporting macosx 10.6.  It would appear that it will not accept the current method of signing code or the newer certificates are not compatible.  Robert, your thoughts?
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>> If we drop macosx 10.6, I have some changes for you Steve.  We will need to change the info.plist and the preinstall to reflect the changes.
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>> Matt
> 
> Perhaps a separate build without signing for 10.6?  Seriously though, I really need a system running snow leopard to debug this. There should be a fix. 

Perhaps we should take a different approach here.  I have no ability to test anything between macosx 10.6 and macos 10.14.  My previous laptop bit the dust and a big hole opened and limited me to what I can test.  Buying a used Mac is a bit costly when I am going to get a new laptop with the M1 chipset after Covid-19 clears out enough that my independent Apple dealer starts selling product again.  I've used them since the first B&W models came out.  Anyway, I ramble on.  It may be that other versions between 10.6 and 10.12  may also be having trouble.  Didn't code signing start with 10.13?

If we are thinking about releasing a separate package for 10.6, why don't we think about releasing a package for 10.6 through 10.12?  That might be easier for us to deal with and for our users to follow.

Matt