[Qgis-user] Mac OS X testing for QGIS 3

[David Liontooth]

Vincent at Macports has done a great job packaging qgis3, cf. 
https://trac.macports.org/ticket/55020

grass7 was just upgraded to 7.4, postgresql10 to 10.2.

qgis3 is at 20180124.

Cheers,
David

On 2/14/18 11:18 AM, Madry, Scott wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> As a dedicated Mac QGIS user, trainer, and research. I want to put in 
> a plea to keep the Mac OS development process on pace. There are many 
> of us out there who use the Mac OS version, and we need to get these 
> issues with matplotlib, GRASS, and others addresses so that we have a 
> good 3.0 rollout.
>
> I would be happy to assist with testing, thanks for all your efforts,
>
> Scott
>
> Scott Madry, Ph.D.
> Research Associate Professor of Archaeology
> The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>
> Tel         1-919-448-4493
> Email: madrys at email.unc.edu <mailto:madrys at email.unc.edu>
> https://scottmadry.web.unc.edu
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>
>> On Feb 14, 2018, at 12:20 PM, John Harrop <jcharrop at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:jcharrop at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Burghardt,
>>
>> Thanks for the pointers, they seen much more up to date than the 
>> older ones pointed to by the QGIS web site.
>>
>> I’ve been trying to build from the notes since you posted your 
>> suggestion and I see what you mean about the matplotlib problem. I 
>> forked the Mac OS X build notes on GitHub and started to work on them 
>> to see if I could get a working set for the matplotlib problems but 
>> not much luck.  However, I do seem to have it installed through pip 
>> or otherwise, so I worked past that step and have been trying to get 
>> CMake to configure a makefile but there are problems there as well. 
>>  I fixed a missing library by manually installing but I’m now having 
>> problems with Qt5Positioning which is not being found.
>>
>> its been a while since I was active in configuring build systems so 
>> I’m having to clean off the dust in my memories and learn newer 
>> versions of the systems.
>>
>> I get the impression that not much has been going on with Mac OS X 
>> dev builds for at least a few months and quite a few dependancies 
>> have changed over that time.  I’ll keep working on this and hopefully 
>> there are some other GIS testers also interested in the Macs.
>>
>> Let me know if you are still trying to get the Mac OS X dev build 
>> working or if you have had success.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> John Harrop
>> jcharrop at gmail.com <mailto:jcharrop at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 8, 2018, at 10:22 PM, Burghardt.Scholle at stadt.wolfsburg.de wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> I believe there is no current complete dmg-file for QGIS3-dev. But 
>>> you can use the excellent site under [1] to install QGIS3-dev using 
>>> Homebrew.  Unfortunately, there are problems with the matplotlib 
>>> dependency at the moment (see [2]). Yersterday I've tried to install 
>>> the current version but it failed.
>>>
>>> Even so I hope that my hints help.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Burghardt
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] 
>>> https://github.com/qgis/homebrew-qgisdev/blob/master/development/README.md 
>>>
>>> [2] https://github.com/qgis/homebrew-qgisdev/issues/50
>>>
>>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>>> Von: Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Im 
>>>> Auftrag von
>>>> John Harrop
>>>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8. Februar 2018 19:53
>>>> An: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>>>> Betreff: [Qgis-user] Mac OS X testing for QGIS 3
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to be involved in OS X testing of the QGIS 3 beta? 
>>>>  There are
>>>> parts of the web site that suggest it is, but I have not been able 
>>>> to find a web
>>>> age for up to date downloads.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> John Harrop
>>>> jcharrop at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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