Hey guys, so I am sorting through some of the comments and trying to find anything that relates to what I am working on which is getting any issues with the Mac build sorted out. Any issues related to KStars that also exist on Linux are not going to be caused by the script that I'm currently writing that builds KStars.
Ok, so Niki, were you using the older KStars 2.9.8 or are you trying the new version? When you say the Polar Alignment did not work at all, are you talking about this new beta version? Is this a Mac issue or is it a general KStars issue, another words did you try it on Linux and find the same issue? If there is a problem with the current version of the Alignment tool, you should ask Jasem for some help with it. If this is an old version of Mac KStars you should try the new version that I posted before you contact him and see if it is sorted out already. The other problem you posted about the camera size information not being entered or saved correctly is more alarming to me. Is this specific to the new Mac build or is this the old build, or does it happen on Linux too?
Capt Buscemi, this slew issue sounds like it is not actually an issue with the Mac build of KStars but a general feature in KStars that has changed, correct?
For the Pentax issue, this is really a Mac related issue, but it is not caused by my build script, the required driver or modifications just haven't been written yet to make this functionality work on a Mac. For anybody interested, pentaxian23 has opened a new Forum post about this:
www.indilib.org/forum/ccds-dslrs/4550-pe...orking-on-macos.html
Some good things could come out of this, please stay tuned. . .
As for my build script and the KStars beta build. There is still an issue related to building XPlanet with running my build script on Sierra machines (but not Mojave it seems) because there is a Sierra bug in the system math headers. I'm working on how to resolve this to make it ignore the system header files because it doesn't actually need them. There is also currently an issue with Translations not being built in the current built script so there are no new translations in the Mac build. This is an issue with craft, not my script and I already emailed Hannah about the issue and am awaiting a response.
Please, if you haven't tested yet, test the beta version to see if there are any strange crashes or resolution issues, or malfunctions in the program caused by the new build script. So far, it doesn't look like it.
Thanks,
Rob