[SERVER-32211] install_compass experience on OSX needs improvement Created: 07/Dec/17 Updated: 30/Oct/23 Resolved: 17/Dec/17 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | Core Server |
| Component/s: | Build, Packaging |
| Affects Version/s: | None |
| Fix Version/s: | 3.6.1, 3.7.1 |
| Type: | Bug | Priority: | Major - P3 |
| Reporter: | Daniel Pasette (Inactive) | Assignee: | Mathew Robinson (Inactive) |
| Resolution: | Fixed | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | None | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
| Original Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
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| Backwards Compatibility: | Fully Compatible | ||||||||||||
| Backport Requested: |
v3.6
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| Sprint: | Build Expedite | ||||||||||||
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| Description |
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The download/install experience for compass is broken. I tried downloading the tarball for OSX. The directory contains a bare python script (with no standard .py extension. There is no README to tell me what to do with the install_compass file. If I try to click on the file in the finder, most user will get the "install_compass can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer." I can work around by changing my security settings for this one file. But then.... If I try to open it either from the finder or command line, I get this error from a launched term window:
If I try to run it from the command line: ./install_compass, I get this:
If I run it by explicitly using python I get a lot of output which is not going to mean much to the average user:
I thought we were delivering a .dmg? |
| Comments |
| Comment by Githook User [ 11/Dec/17 ] |
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Author: {'name': 'Mathew Robinson', 'email': 'chasinglogic@gmail.com', 'username': 'chasinglogic'}Message: |
| Comment by Githook User [ 11/Dec/17 ] |
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Author: {'name': 'Mathew Robinson', 'email': 'chasinglogic@gmail.com', 'username': 'chasinglogic'}Message: |
| Comment by Githook User [ 11/Dec/17 ] |
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Author: {'name': 'Mathew Robinson', 'email': 'chasinglogic@gmail.com', 'username': 'chasinglogic'}Message: |
| Comment by Githook User [ 11/Dec/17 ] |
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Author: {'name': 'Mathew Robinson', 'email': 'chasinglogic@gmail.com', 'username': 'chasinglogic'}Message: |