Re: [PATCH 09/19] index-helper: add Windows support

2016-03-19 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi Duy, On Wed, 16 Mar 2016, Duy Nguyen wrote: > I think it's safe to drop this patch now. It's mostly to prove that it > could work on Windows. But I don't think it's tested a lot (even I > only occasionally test it under wine). I agree that it is more important to get the basics right (such as

Re: [PATCH 09/19] index-helper: add Windows support

2016-03-19 Thread Duy Nguyen
I think it's safe to drop this patch now. It's mostly to prove that it could work on Windows. But I don't think it's tested a lot (even I only occasionally test it under wine). On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 1:36 AM, David Turner wrote: > From: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy > > Windows supports shared memory, b

Re: [PATCH 09/19] index-helper: add Windows support

2016-03-19 Thread Duy Nguyen
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 7:18 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Please note that there is one very important difference between Windows vs > Linux when it comes to shared memory: on Windows, the memory is released > as soon as the last user goes away. I assume that can be taken care of without chan