Because you want the code to work on all platforms, linux-gcc, mac or VS. When you write code on Linux you want it portable, and you want to see what developments other teams are doing. Everyone, even those coding for windows, do in one way or the another actually contribute to the Linux source. :)
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Felipe Contreras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Ian Fette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> We are not interested in splitting the team. From the start, we have been >> one team working on one product, that we want to make run on three >> platforms. We all communicate on the same mailing list. Splitting the team >> and its discussions is not helpful towards that objective. >> >> I strongly encourage you to read Amanda's blog post on the subject: >> http://googlemac.blogspot.com/2008/09/platforms-and-priorities.html >> >> In the meantime, our objective is to get test_shell working and passing all >> the tests. Things like getting the sandbox working and all the other things >> you mentioned are things that we will focus on later. Our top priority is >> getting things ported over that we need to enable us to have a functional >> test_shell. > > Are you thinking on your contributors? Why should Linux people be > concerned about people having issues building in VS? > > -- > Felipe Contreras > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to chromium-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
