[Mesa-users] Big Sur and MESA

[Bill Paxton]

Way to go Rich!   Fantastic response time.    Job well done as usual.  ;-)

cheers,
bill


> On Nov 18, 2020, at 5:26 PM, Jason Wright via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
> 
> Success!  The new SDK worked great for me.
> 
> <Screen Shot 2020-11-18 at 8.20.46 PM.png>
> And the first tutorial example worked flawlessly.
> 
> Thank you for your amazing support for this outstanding resource. I and my future students thank you.
> 
> (And it looks like Big Sur is here to stay on my Mac!)
> 
> Jason
> 
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 5:49 PM RICHARD H D TOWNSEND <townsend at astro.wisc.edu <mailto:townsend at astro.wisc.edu>> wrote:
> Hi Jason --
> 
> I've created a version of the SDK that supports Big Sur; you can grab it from here.
> 
> http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/resource/download/mesasdk/mesasdk-x86_64-macos-20.11.1.pkg <http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/resource/download/mesasdk/mesasdk-x86_64-macos-20.11.1.pkg>
> 
> Please let me know how you get on. If it works OK, then I'll post it as an official SDK release.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
> > On Nov 18, 2020, at 12:05 PM, mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org <mailto:mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
> > 
> > thanks. this is an mesasdk issue.
> > 
> > fwiw, i installed big sur on a non-critical laptop
> > but have not yet attempted to build mesa as i get 
> > other items straightened out. once a suitable mesasdk is
> > available, i can test it as well.
> > 
> > 
> > fxt
> > 
> > 
> > p.s. - always include mesa-users on all replies.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >> On Nov 18, 2020, at 10:46 AM, Jason Wright <astrowright at gmail.com <mailto:astrowright at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Sadly, I cannot even attempt to install the MESA SDK on Big Sur:
> >> 
> >> <Screen Shot 2020-11-18 at 12.43.19 PM.png>
> >> 
> >> Let me know if there is a command-line driven way to generate the log file you need, or if there is anything else I can do to be the guinea pig here.
> >> 
> >> Cheers,
> >> 
> >> Jason
> >> 
> >> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 12:33 PM Francis Timmes <fxt44 at mac.com <mailto:fxt44 at mac.com>> wrote:
> >> hi jason,
> >> 
> >> please send the build.log file when attempting to build mesa on big sur.
> >> 
> >> on the education side of things, 
> >> 
> >> take a peek at conny aert's course
> >> https://fys.kuleuven.be/ster/education/sse/course-stellar-structure-and-evolution <https://fys.kuleuven.be/ster/education/sse/course-stellar-structure-and-evolution>
> >> with labs designed by may gade pedersen.
> >> 
> >> summer school material can also be useful, if even just for ideas:
> >> http://cococubed.asu.edu/mesa_market/education.html <http://cococubed.asu.edu/mesa_market/education.html>
> >> 
> >> depending what you have in mind, mesa-web has been used in several courses:
> >> http://mesa-web.asu.edu <http://mesa-web.asu.edu/>
> >> 
> >> fxt
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> > On Nov 18, 2020, at 10:24 AM, Jason Wright via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org <mailto:mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org>> wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > Hi, all.
> >> > 
> >> > I am teaching stellar structure and evolution this spring, and would like to include more MESA in my course.  I have downloaded Ed Brown's notes and I'm using them to construct exercises for the students—if you know of other resources I should be using, please let me know.
> >> > 
> >> > More critically, I recently (and perhaps foolishly) upgraded my Mac to 11.0.1 (Big Sur) and have discovered (to no one's surprise, I'm sure) that MESA does not run on it.
> >> > 
> >> > This will make it challenging for me to develop the class and, if MESA does not run on Big Sur by Spring, to teach it.
> >> > 
> >> > My question is: should I downgrade back to OS 10.15 so that I can use MESA for the class, or is it reasonable to expect that the tools I need to run MESA will be available for 11.0.1 sometime in the next 2 months or so?
> >> > 
> >> > Cheers and thanks,
> >> > 
> >> > -- 
> >> >                                                 - 
> >> > ---------------
> >> > Jason T Wright
> >> > Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics
> >> > Director, Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center
> >> > Acting Director, Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds
> >> > NEID Instrument Team Project Scientist
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> >> Jason T Wright
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> >> Director, Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center
> >> Acting Director, Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds
> >> NEID Instrument Team Project Scientist
> >> he/him/his
> >> https://sites.psu.edu/astrowright/ <https://sites.psu.edu/astrowright/>
> >> @Astro_Wright
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