From: Don A. <don...@co...> - 2005-05-10 22:32:09
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Lars Kr.Lundin wrote: > > A) While I see the importance of the > "Welcome to the 2.0.x series of GRAMPS!\n" note, > I think it is a little discouraging to new GRAMPS users. > Perhaps adding a 5th point would be in order: > 5. With GRAMPS version 2.0.x you can load very large databases > _much_ faster and using _much_ less memory than with previous > versions of GRAMPS. > This is a good point. We've been so worried about any problems that we arrive that we forgot to hype the new features :-) > B) I sometimes get questions regarding the possibility of running > GRAMPS under MAC OS X. While I now that someone has indeed managed > to do this, I am unsure about how technically demanding this is. > Can I just tell uncle Joe to point his browser to the Fink project > and follow the few, easy instructions, or should I warn people > that this is a difficult undertaking best tried by experts ? My understanding is that the Fink process can be quite involved. However, it looks like there has been some work recently to port GTK natively to the Mac. If this succeeds, then it should be fairly easy to port GRAMPS to the Mac. > C) What are the hopes of getting GRAMPS (2.0.x) on to a live CD > distribution anytime soon? I don't know about this. I believe that the Ubuntu project has recently made it easy to customize live CDs. This might be an option if someone whats to tackle this project. Don |