Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] resubmission of win64 patch

[Felix]

> 
>> Moreover, we can not expect that someone will come up who tests
>> the change. IME that happens rarely.
> 
> I generally test all the changes I sign off on.

I know, but in this case I was not talking about the
chicken developers.

> 
>> People usually appear suddenly,
>> contribute something and vanish again. This isn't the worst model,
>> though. But one has face the fact that in the end it is yourself
>> who has to do the work.
> 
> True.  But the fact is that very few people test Windows or put effort
> into fixing bugs under it.  That's the direct reason why our latest
> release is broken under Windows.

Still, we need to support it. Nobody enjoys working under Windows, but
it's an important platform to support, so we should do everything to
make it easier to use. That will also increase the chance that people
get motivated to help with the testing.


cheers,
felix