jordan@Apple.COM (Jordan Mattson) (02/14/91)
Dear Robert - As the Product Manager for SourceBug, I will try to give you a couple of answers to your questions. SourceBug is a direct-manipulation source-level debugger that uses MPW symbol files (like SADE does). It works on System 7.0, System 6.0.X with SADE Multifinder 6.1b9, and A/UX 2.0.1. It is currently at 1.0d19. A 1.0b1 version will be shipping on E.T.O. #4. As soon as it is final we will start shipping it as part of MPW and as a standalone package from APDA. SourceBug is not a replacement for SADE, but rather a 80% to 90% solution for most of your debugging needs. There is no way to automate tasks in SourceBug, so if you want to do that you will still need SADE. Hope that this helps you. -- Jordan Mattson UUCP: jordan@apple.apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. CSNET: jordan@apple.CSNET Development Tools Product Management AppleLink: Mattson1 20400 Stevens Creek Blvd, MS 75-8X Cupertino, CA 95014 408-974-4601 "Joy is the serious business of heaven." C.S. Lewis
gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu (opcode ranger) (02/14/91)
In article <49117@apple.Apple.COM>, jordan@Apple.COM (Jordan Mattson) writes: [info about SourceBug] > It is currently at 1.0d19. A 1.0b1 version will be shipping on E.T.O. #4. > As soon as it is final we will start shipping it as part of MPW and as a > standalone package from APDA. Thanks very much for the info. Sounds good! One question though: why are you waiting 'til the final version to make it available thru APDA? I thought the point of APDA -- as opposed to Developers Tool Express (or whatever it's called) -- was to make available Apple development products in the early stage of their development, i.e. beta releases. Is E.T.O replacing APDA in this regard? Not to complain, but it seems that APDA members who don't have CD ROM drives should have similar access to development tools as those who do. Or no? I know, I know, it'll probably only be a month's difference between beta and final and thus no big deal, but I'm curious as to what future plans Apple has wrt development tools, specifically wrt APDA and beta releases. Robert Robert -- ============================================================================ = gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu * generic disclaimer: * "It's more fun to = = * all my opinions are * compute" = = * mine * -Kraftwerk = ============================================================================