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From: | Leon Merten Lohse |
Subject: | Re: [Libcdio-devel] RFC: Support for non-POSIX systems? |
Date: | Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:58:02 +0100 |
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I am a convinced Linux user but imho as long as the projects using libcdio like VLC are released for other systems we should try to do so, too. The demand is there.
What we do need are people to test and maintain the releases for the different systems. We can talk a lot about what to do or not to do but without individual care it will not work out. Every release has to be tested on every system we claim to support and should at least have all the major features.
This does not have to be the case with git. If a POSIX developer submits a patch imho it would be wrong asking him to test it with MSVC. I would prefer to have somebody make sure MSVC works before a release rather than testing every patch for MSVC compatibility. We should encourage people to use the release tarballs. Most of the time the git version had some more features but was not as stable and once it became stable there was a release. If the git version lacks some files MSVC needs, there should at least be a guide for MSVC developers of how to generate them.
Let me conclude. Yes for MSVC support (and other systems if there are people caring) No for requiring MSVC compatibility in git but providing a guide Regards Leon Am 18.03.2012 05:23, schrieb Rocky Bernstein:
There has been a lot (possibly too much) back and forth regarding support for development on native Microsoft C compilers. In the past, there has been interest in supporting development on Sun's native C compiler. I realize the crowd here isn't likely to be avid Microsoft C developers, but if you could put aside individual biases in the following broader question I would appreciate it. To what extent should libcdio try to support non-POSIX systems? Microsoft Windows is probably the biggest avowedly non-POSIX (or POSIX-hostile) system. But if you want examples of others: BEOS, Amiga, VMS, OS/2, Plan9 (which is probably pretty POSIX).
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