[Ifeffit] Athena and Artemis on the Mac

[Bruce Ravel]

A few minutes ago, I made a post suggesting a work-around to a problem 
reported by a Mac user.

My suggestion was an inherently horrible solution.  That sort of 
line-by-line hackery is completely unsustainable.  The real solution is 
that that fellow and his colleague should both be using the most recent 
version of Athena.

If Athena and Artemis are to be supported on the Mac, then someone is 
going to have to find the time and willingness to maintain the Mac 
packaging.

Joe Fowler did an amazingly generous thing when he made the MacPorts 
package, but Joe does not (to my knowledge) use Athena and Artemis for 
his own work.  Someone who is invested in the use of the software simply 
has to step up.

I myself have neither the resources nor the interest in doing so.  If no 
one steps up, then there simply won't be support for my software on the Mac.

B

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