On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:59:34 +0000 (UTC), Martin wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Erik Hofman wrote: > > > I believe (with a big questionmark) that boost works fine with > > MIPSpro nowadays, but I wouldn't argue against it if it didn't. > > Well, for approx. two years now (rough guess) FlightGear reportedly - > from different places - requires some GCC-isms to compile on Unix- > Systems anyway. So it's not a question about wether the _dependencies_ > are "portable" (TM) - OSG for example compiles and works nicely on > Solaris, even on IRIX using their 'native' compilers and I've also > been successful in compiling 'boost' on Solaris. > Instead, some places in FlightGear itself (at least Nasal and JSBSim, > as far as I remember) are the factors that limit portability. > > I'm getting asked regularly about the state of support for FlightGear > on OpenSolaris. So, if there's someone looking for a headache, this > might be a good place to start ;-)) .."headache", you're viciously wicked! ;o) Last time I heard about OpenSolaris, was on http://groklaw.net/ where the issues were the legal nature of their licensing, not technological, Sun's CDDL is not compatible with the GPL by design, under Sun's own corporate legal policy. Further background: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050126023359386 http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050205022937327 http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20041218044030728 http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&q=site%3Agroklaw.net+GPL+CDDL&btnG=Search ..bottom line is "do not mix GPL code with CDDL code." Can be extended to "find some OpenSolaris guy to do the CDDL coding", as that will allow "licensing apartheid", to prevent litigation, you want firm borders around your work. Recent developments: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080729154916498 http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080502163143920 http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071029143159212 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=OpenSolaris+license+site%3Agroklaw.net&btnG=Search http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=OpenSolaris+license&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
