I should also clarify my earlier post. When I said "drop support for Windows", what I meant was that I would "stop killing myself to support Windows". I won't rip out existing windows support. I'm simply not going to destroy my sanity by feeling like I need to fix these myself.
What this also implies, is that if someone claims a patch fixes a windows bug, and after applying it, nothing breaks on my Mac OS X box, I'll probably commit it. I won't test it on windows myself. So maybe you windows users might want to band together and create a QA fork of capistrano on github where you can collectively test windows-related patches before they get pushed upstream. Just a suggestion. As I said, I'm going to be more-or-less blindly applying patches that are windows related. If that concerns you, you might want to follow the capistrano development process (such as it is) a bit more closely. - Jamis On Dec 7, 10:08 am, "Jamis Buck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Larry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I noticed that you were ditching support for Solaris because of > > similar problems. I understand that, too. But the problem is that > > there are undoubtedly a lot more Windows users than Solaris, and > > although *nix is the platform of choice for RoR enthusiasts, the > > number of Rails developers using Windows is rather large and will > > continue to grow. I am no fan of Microsoft, but, like it or not, they > > are the 800 lb. gorilla in the room. > > I'm realizing something about myself and Capistrano. I've been burning > out on cap lately, and I've been trying to figure out why. > > I wrote Capistrano for me. I didn't write it to have lots of users. I > didn't write it to be a popular solution to a problem. I wrote it to > scratch my itch. It's been a nice side-effect that so many people have > found it useful, but that wasn't my purpose. > > I'm burning out because suddenly I'm feeling an obligation to keep > everyone happy. It is a false obligation, though: I'm honestly not > beholden to anyone for Capistrano's maintenance. I've never received a > cent for my work on cap (and I don't want to receive money for > it--that would put me right back in the obligation boat, and with > better reason). > > Something has to give. In this case (and among other things), it's > Windows. Microsoft may be an 800lb gorilla, but it's not _my_ gorilla, > and it's not in _my_ room. If you need to appease the gorilla, that is > (with all due respect) not my problem. If it happens to be your > problem, please feel free to make the time to get acquainted with > Net::SSH and Capistrano, and scratch your itch. > > And, frankly, Capistrano is not _it_ when it comes to deployment. If > nothing else, you can always go back and do what everybody did > pre-capistrano: do it by hand. > > Now, if you're stuck in Windows by corporate policy, you have my > sympathy. But I'm still not budging on this issue. I will not break my > back or my sanity on Windows troubleshooting any more. > > On the other hand, if you're stuck in Windows by choice, you don't > even have my sympathy. :) It is to YOU that I'm speaking, directly, > when I say that if you want Capistrano on Windows, then it's your > responsibility to do something about it. Either you make Cap work on > Windows and send patches upstream, or you write your own solution from > the ground up. > > > Is there a previous release that we can back up to that will work with > > Windows? Or can you suggest any other alternatives? > > Any Cap 2.x release ought to work fine on windows. If the pageant > thing is biting you, disable ssh agent forwarding: > > ssh_options[:forward_agent] = false > > If that doesn't work...well, again. It's not my problem anymore. I'm > sorry to come across so callous, but it's what I have to do right now > to keep myself motivated to work on Capistrano at all. > > - Jamis --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/capistrano -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
