Martin, I'm not a Darktable developer but I do subscribe to the mailing list and see how often people bring up the idea of a Windows port on this list. I'm sure the developers are tired of dealing with this so let me share with you my understanding if this and their frustration.
Surely in your search for a solution you would have read this blog post: http://www.darktable.org/2015/07/why-dont-you-provide-a-windows-build/ If you read it carefully you will see that the challenge of compiling Darktable on Windows is not what is preventing an official port. It is the ongoing testing and support the developers will feel forced to provide that prevents this. None of the core developers have a personal need for this port and the Darktable project, as a non-commercial piece of software, is driven by the personal needs of its developers. If you are serious about wanting a Windows Darktable port you need to demonstrate to the core developers that you are reliable and committed to the Darktable project. I see two ways of doing so: 1. Become a Darktable developer. This means not simply for the Windows port but develop features and fix existing bugs. Once you are a reliable contributor that is trusted then the core developers may be open to an official port for which you will be responsible for testing and maintaining. 2. Create a fork as you mentioned with its own webpage and issue tracker. Show commitment to not just providing a fork or build instructions but to providing ongoing maintenance and support to a fork that tracks the official Darktable repository. Given time the core developers may feel fit to merge the two projects should you still be open to that. Good luck! On 3 January 2017 at 14:10, Martin Pecka <pe...@seznam.cz> wrote: > I wasn't sure if it was irony or not, but now I am... And I'm sad, because > I've brought a completely new viewpoint in the Windows-Darktable problem. > > Why not take this in a constructive way? Should we (Windows users) create a > fork of DT with its own webpage and issue tracker? > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > darktable developer mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > -- Joel Brunetti ___________________________________________________________________________ darktable developer mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
