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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0003172 | FreeCAD | Bug | public | 2017-08-30 19:08 | 2017-10-19 11:37 |
| Reporter | cederom | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | block | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | closed | Resolution | won't fix | ||
| Product Version | 0.17 | ||||
| Summary | 0003172: FreeCAD on macOS MacPorts xercesc -> xercesc3 request | ||||
| Description | Hello world! As xercesc is an obsolete package, it was marked for removal on MacPorts. xercesc is also in conflict with xercesc3 that other ports use. This will block FreCAD build on MacPorts. But there is xercesc3 package, which I kindly ask to use and switch from xercesc.. Thanks! :-) | ||||
| Tags | distribution specific, macOS | ||||
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MacPorts FreeCAD / xercesc3 issue: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/54698 MacPorts xercesc3 vs xercesc3 issue: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/54168 |
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@blacey or @peterl94 care to weigh in? |
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Use homebrew if you want something well maintained (it's what we use for the official builds). I hardly know anything about MacPorts. Perhaps @ian.rees? |
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TL;DR - I think it's probably not worth the effort to get FreeCAD going on MacPorts unless you have a compelling reason to. I used MacPorts for several years, and spent some effort on keeping the FreeCAD build instructions up-to-date and relevant MacPorts packages updated, etc. But, I find Homebrew (the technology and the community) to be a lot easier to work with... We removed the MacPorts build instructions from the wiki in February (they were in the CompileOnMac page, you can login and look at history to see them), and I suspect they had been broken for quite a while before then. I am quite out of the loop lately, but am not aware of any regular FreeCAD contributors who still use MacPorts except maybe vejmarie. |
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No kidding guys, "we don't use it so noone use it" is not a serious argument.. The question is not about MacPorts, which maintains the FreeCAD port itself no worries here.. the question is about FreeCAD dependency on xercesc: Can FreeCAD switch to use xercesc3 from xercesc? Best! :-) Tomek |
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I think you're not understanding the point we are making - FreeCAD doesn't depend on xerces <3, unless you're trying to build it for MacPorts. Maintaining FreeCAD for MacPorts is a lot of work, and I just don't see the point when it appears that many more MacOS users seem to prefer Homebrew. But, if you want to take it on, go for it. |
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aaah =) then, there is no problem, tanks! =) |
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@cederom feel free to submit a PR to github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD Also discussions about making MacPorts function for FC are more effective on the forums. Please open a forum thread in the future in this regard. Thanks! Can I close this ticket if there isn't anything else? |
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Yes! Thank you guys! I will continue further discussion on GitHub :-) |
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Closing |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2017-08-30 19:08 | cederom | New Issue | |
| 2017-08-30 19:10 | cederom | Note Added: 0010052 | |
| 2017-08-31 09:27 | Kunda1 | Note Added: 0010053 | |
| 2017-08-31 09:28 | Kunda1 | Tag Attached: distribution specific | |
| 2017-08-31 09:28 | Kunda1 | Tag Attached: MacOSX | |
| 2017-09-05 01:36 | peterl94 | Note Added: 0010066 | |
| 2017-09-05 01:58 | ian.rees | Note Added: 0010067 | |
| 2017-09-05 01:59 | ian.rees | Note Edited: 0010067 | |
| 2017-09-06 22:18 | cederom | Note Added: 0010075 | |
| 2017-09-06 22:26 | ian.rees | Note Added: 0010076 | |
| 2017-09-07 08:38 | cederom | Note Added: 0010078 | |
| 2017-09-07 13:12 | Kunda1 | Note Added: 0010081 | |
| 2017-09-07 13:12 | Kunda1 | Tag Attached: #tobeclosed | |
| 2017-09-07 13:59 | cederom | Note Added: 0010083 | |
| 2017-09-22 19:35 | Kunda1 | Status | new => closed |
| 2017-09-22 19:35 | Kunda1 | Resolution | open => won't fix |
| 2017-09-22 19:35 | Kunda1 | Note Added: 0010153 | |
| 2017-10-19 11:37 | Kunda1 | Tag Detached: #tobeclosed | |
| 2020-11-13 14:08 | Kunda1 | Tag Renamed | MacOSX => macOS |
