Re: Prevent running in Rosetta
Re: Prevent running in Rosetta
- Subject: Re: Prevent running in Rosetta
- From: Uli Kusterer <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:36:17 +0100
Am 27.12.2005 um 18:21 schrieb Rosyna:
Ack, at 12/27/05, j o a r said:
Our app is huge and complex, and initial testing indicates that it
doesn't work 100% OK in Rosetta. We don't want to spend any
resources in making it work in Rosetta, or dealing with bug
reports from customers using it in Rosetta.
Aren't these both problems on your end? If they don't work in
Rosetta because an API changed, then file a bug on Rosetta. If they
don't work because of a bug in your code, fix the bug. Don't just
go an disable your app based on the return value of kern_sysctl's
KERN_CLASSIC (44) or sysctlbynames's return of "hw.optional.mmx" as
that's just placing the blame somewhere else and doesn't do
anything to help the other developers with this problem (APIs not
working in Rosetta).
Joar,
as a service to your users, I'd also suggest not preventing your
users from running an app in Rosetta. Rather, warn them and tell them
there isn't any support for what they're doing and that certain parts
won't work, and maybe replace any "file a bug report" dialogs with
warning messages that simply say something similar.
There may be users whose Mac broke down and to whom the buggy
version under Rosetta of your app will be completely sufficient to
quickly run on a friend's Intel Mac, and you don't want to annoy
them. Remember: It's the user's data, and probably the user's income
that depends on working applications. Your primary interest should be
to make sure that works. Don't be overly protective.
It's either this, or imagining Phil Schiller in a thong.
Rosyna, could you please change your sig? I really didn't need *that*
image in my head... :-)
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
http://www.zathras.de
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