[news.eclipse.technology.epf] Mac OS X support

[Jeffrey Howard <jhoward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I read through the development plan on the project web site.  I didn't 
see anything ruling out (or in) support for Mac OS X.  Right now, 
though, only Linux/GTK and Windows builds are posted to the download 
section.  Is there work planned or underway to begin building for OS X 
as well?  And/or is a helping hand needed there?


I did try creating a build environment and running EPF on my Powerbook. 
 I checked out the R1_0_M3_BRANCH.  I only got as far as trying to 
create a new method library.  At that point, I got an error dialog, saying:

"IUPL0300E: Unable to open the specified method library.

Reason:
The selected method library folder is invalid, does not exist, or you do 
not have the proper permission to access it.

Click OK to select another library folder."

I went and looked at the directory in which it attempted to create the 
library; it exists, is empty, and I have read/write/execute permissions 
on it.

The following exception was logged to the console.

MultiFileResourceSetImpl.cleanUp(): removed resources: []
org.eclipse.epf.persistence.MultiFileIOException: Could not rename 
'/tmp/EPF/_di6kcO8-Edql0tBiwE3BCwnew_diJvcO8-Edql0tBiwE3BCw' to 
'/Users/jhoward/EPF/Method Libraries/BUP/library.xmi'
	at 
org.eclipse.epf.persistence.MultiFileXMIResourceImpl.commit(MultiFileXMIResourceImpl.java:915)
	at 
org.eclipse.epf.persistence.MethodLibraryPersister$FailSafePersister.commit(MethodLibraryPersister.java:648)
	at 
org.eclipse.epf.persistence.MultiFileResourceSetImpl.save(MultiFileResourceSetImpl.java:1100)
	at 
org.eclipse.epf.persistence.MultiFileResourceSetImpl.save(MultiFileResourceSetImpl.java:979)
	at 
org.eclipse.epf.library.util.ModelStorage.newLibrary(ModelStorage.java:71)
	at 
org.eclipse.epf.library.services.LibraryProcessor.newLibrary(LibraryProcessor.java:934)
	at 
org.eclipse.epf.library.ui.LibraryUIManager.createLibrary(LibraryUIManager.java:346)
	at 
org.eclipse.epf.library.ui.LibraryUIManager.promptForMethodLibrary(LibraryUIManager.java:168)
	at 
org.eclipse.epf.authoring.ui.AuthoringUIPlugin.start(AuthoringUIPlugin.java:71)
	at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$2.run(BundleContextImpl.java:995)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:989)
	at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:970)
	at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:317)
	at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:256)
	at 
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.preFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:86)
	at 
org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:409)
	at 
org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:188)
	at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:339)
	at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.SingleSourcePackage.loadClass(SingleSourcePackage.java:37)
	at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:388)
	at 
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:352)
	at 
org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:83)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319)
	at 
org.eclipse.epf.rcp.MainWorkbenchAdvisor.getInitialWindowPerspectiveId(MainWorkbenchAdvisor.java:115)
	at 
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.getDefaultPerspectiveId(Workbench.java:2351)
	at 
org.eclipse.ui.internal.registry.PerspectiveRegistry.verifyDefaultPerspective(PerspectiveRegistry.java:625)
	at 
org.eclipse.ui.internal.registry.PerspectiveRegistry.load(PerspectiveRegistry.java:405)
	at 
org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPlugin.getPerspectiveRegistry(WorkbenchPlugin.java:438)
	at 
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.getPerspectiveRegistry(Workbench.java:952)
	at 
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.doOpenFirstTimeWindow(Workbench.java:1438)
	at 
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.openFirstTimeWindow(Workbench.java:1388)
	at 
org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchConfigurer.openFirstTimeWindow(WorkbenchConfigurer.java:190)
	at 
org.eclipse.ui.application.WorkbenchAdvisor.openWindows(WorkbenchAdvisor.java:708)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.init(Workbench.java:1085)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:1847)
	at 
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:419)
	at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:143)
	at org.eclipse.epf.rcp.MainApplication.run(MainApplication.java:52)
	at 
org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:78)
	at 
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:92)
	at 
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:68)
	at 
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:400)
	at 
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:177)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:336)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:280)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:977)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:952)


I'm happy to RTFM if someone can point me at the right manual.  Any idea 
where I might've gone wrong?


Thank you,
Jeffrey