> On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:47:15 +0100 "James Neave" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >But simple to start with, a windows or platform independent application > >that automates the download, assembly and initial configuration (meaning > >the necessary steps from the installation docs) would greatly increase > >the accessibility of LEAF for the likes of, well, me. > > > >James. > > It's that "platform independent" part that I anticipated would be > troublesome. The developers must speak for themselves, but I've gotten > the impression that developers in the Linux community at large would > rather have a root canal than develop software for Windows. The only > "common" language between them I can think of might be Java, which in the > Windows environment is sort of stuck in MSIE, for those versions which > provide Java support at all. ;-) > > Paul Rogers ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
I know, they really hate Windows. *I* really hate windows. But I like Microsoft's GUI design patterns. If we could just put a decent kernel behind it... Well, yes, Java. I believe the *nix dotNET Framework projects are proceeding nicely, so C# is an option. VS2005 is free and, frankly, lovely. Whether Project Mono and the like are up to dotNet Framework 2.0 (what exactly was the point of making this wonderful cross platform standard, giving it to the world and then releasing version 2.0 Microsoft? Did you change your mind?) is another question. The other option is just to not make a linux configurator, because people who can use linux don't need a configurator. Only thing I think would be a problem, is the decompressing/de-archiving or the LRPs, updating scripts and the re-archiving/compressing. I personally don't know of any win32 bzip2 implementations/APIs. James. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
