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[Marius Kintel <>]

Hi Sebastien,

Thanks for your quick answer!

On Jun 7, 2012, at 10:44 , Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory) wrote:
> I even looked at whether we could buy a Mac OS X 10.7 license and run
> it in a virtual machine but the only version I could find is the server
> one which is very expensive.
> 
Apple has changed their license and the desktop version Mac OS X 10.7 can now 
be run in a VM.
The caveat is, as usual, that it has to run on a Mac host, but it can be an 
older version of Mac OS X.
VMWare should support this out of the box with no hassle.

> To me, an alternative on Mac OS is to use gcc (through homebrew for
> example) instead of the native Mac OS compiler.
> 
> Do you have a scenario in mind where this alternative is not possible?
> 

I think this is a possible workaround, although pretty disruptive, and makes 
it very inconvenient for people to take part in the development process.
If we accept that CGAL is legacy, this is a temporary solution, but it would 
in practice mean that there will be motivation and initiative to move away 
from CGAL into something which is better supported on that platform, which 
would be a pity.

I do understand though, that your focus is on paying customers and that Mac 
OS X isn't a priority.

Kind Regards,

 -Marius