[Jointtrack-devel] Mac OS X Port

[Jonathan M. <me...@un...>]

Hi Guys,

I'm a post-doc in Marcus Pandy's lab (University of Melbourne), and  
I'm interested in creating an OS X port of JointTrack.  (I don't use  
JointTrack directly, but others in our lab may do soon.)  Initially, I  
am targeting an Intel-only build for OS X 10.5 (Leopard).

The dependency situation under OS X is as follows:
     - WxWidgets.  Version 2.8 is actually included with OS X!
     - ICE.  Zero C provide OS X Intel headers and libraries.
     - Boost.  Can compile if necessary (haven't checked if your usage  
is headers-only).
     - VTK.  Compiles.  (Should work - used by other OS X projects  
like OsiriX.)
     - OpenCV.  OS X instructions here: http://opencvlibrary.sourceforge.net/Mac_OS_X_OpenCV_Port

I have noticed that your code uses some Microsoft-specific functions  
(such as _access() to determine whether a file exists and can be  
opened).  In order to get an OS X build working, I will need to swap  
these out for cross-platform equivalents.

I guess at this stage, I have a few questions:
     - Is anyone currently working on OS X or Linux ports?  (i.e. am I  
duplicating any efforts?)
     - I plan to set up an XCode project to handle the build.  (XCode  
is the free-as-in-beer IDE that Apple provide as part of OS X.)  Is  
this OK?
     - What is your policy on including OS X headers and libraries for  
the dependencies (ICE, Boost, VTK, OpenCV) in the JointTrack SVN  
repository?  Quite a few other projects (e.g. Blender and OsiriX) do  
this to make things easier on developers.
     - Are there any major problems you can foresee with the porting  
task?

Thanks,

Jonathan Merritt.

PS - I CC'd this to the project admins since I'm not sure whether  
you're using your SourceForge devel list.