I have just released a new build of Claws Mail for Mac OS X Leopard (10.5). Despite the fact that this release is to be considered beta, I'm quite excited about it. Why?
Up to now, the builds required an X11 server to be installed (usually Apple's X11.App ). Indeed, Claws Mail is a Gtk+ software, originally built for Linux. And until recently, running Gtk+ on Mac OS X required to compile and link against X11.
However, a project finally achieved to port Gtk+ to Mac OS X natively. I'm talking about Imendio's project .
Although I had played with this Gtk+ port in the past (the default demo application ran quite well), I waited for the Port to be a bit more mature.
When I decided to try to build Claws Mail on top of this native Gtk+ port, it took me only one night to do it. The Gtk+ port compiled flawlessly, all I got to do is resolve the usual Mac / Claws compilation issues, as well as the packaging.
So anyway, I'm proud to present the first native Mac OS X version of Claws Mail, available as a nice dmg image here .
Beware, although it works quite well (I'm using it currently), this is to be considere beta. Some bugs and glitches will be addressed soon.
Enjoy.
