Yup -- seems like it's worth keeping the Win32/Win64 port going. It does muck up the code a bit with ifdef's and there are a few weirdnesses with Windows to work around but I suppose enough effort has been done in the past (if not recently) that it wouldn't be too tough to maintain.
-Jim On Aug 3, 2011, at 1:54 PM, Maurizio Martignano wrote: > Hi Jim, > > Once again I'll take ]project-open[ as example. > > Please look in here: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/project-open/files/project-open/V3.5/ > > How big is the Windows Installer (which installs on both Windows 64 and > Windows 32 systems)? > > How big is the VMware Image? > > Well in some companies/organizations (believe it or not) Linux is not an > accepted platform. Even a VMware appliance with Linux on it won't be > accepted because to maintain it the company is obliged to acquire personnel > knowledgeable on the system. > So if you want to spread the users base of your OpenACS/Aolserver based > application, having it running also on Windows may be very helpful. > > Cheers, > Maurizio > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AOLserver Discussion [mailto:AOLSERVER@LISTSERV.AOL.COM] On Behalf Of > Jim Davidson > Sent: 03 August 2011 21:21 > To: AOLSERVER@LISTSERV.AOL.COM > Subject: Re: [AOLSERVER] Progress in Aolserver > > Hi, > > As Dossy mentioned, we spent some time trying to support the win32 port. > That included a goofy Tcl-based config thing (which also helped to verify a > workable Tcl installation) and a dose of ifdef's and compatibility code. In > general, the AOLserver code base is decidedly Unix -- any Win32 specific > stuff is made to make Win32 look like Unix (i.e., the thread library, > directly reading emulations, etc). > > I could take a look again but suspect it will take me a day or more just to > the muck of Win32 development working again on my Mac. Given the quality of > the various virtualization stuff (VMware, Virtual Box, etc.), would it be > smarter to just double down on Unix and spend some time with some bundled > Unix-in-box for Windows type installs? > > > -Jim > > > > On Aug 3, 2011, at 12:30 PM, Dossy Shiobara wrote: > >> I speak only for myself ... >> >> I personally have thoughtfully cared for the Windows support in AOLserver > -- once upon a time, I had built the Windows binaries that some folks were > using. Through discussions I had with Jim Davidson, the new build mechanism > for AOLserver 4.5.x was meant to make building AOLserver on Windows easier > than it had been in the past. >> >> I suspect that any recent changes to AOLserver which cause it to no longer > build cleanly on Windows is likely an act of ignorance (i.e., not knowing > what will or won't work on Windows) than an act of malice (i.e., not caring > about Windows). My guess is that the folks who contribute changes do not > have the means to test their changes on a Windows platform. >> >> It would be fantastic if the people who use AOLserver on Windows could > port the changes such that they also work on Windows, either by replacing > changes with more portable code, or providing the necessary > platform-specific implementation surrounded by #ifdef __WIN32__ as needed, > etc. >> >> >> On 8/3/11 1:19 PM, Maurizio Martignano wrote: >>> By looking at the code I have the feeling that the interest in >>> supporting Windows is fading down. >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> Any opinion? >> >> >> -- >> AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ >> >> To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to >> <lists...@listserv.aol.com> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the > email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank. > > > -- > AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ > > To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to > <lists...@listserv.aol.com> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the > email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank. > > > -- > AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ > > To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to > <lists...@listserv.aol.com> with the > body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: > field of your email blank. -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <lists...@listserv.aol.com> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
