R: Building LibreOffice on Windows

2012-02-20 Thread walter
But .. isn't there a project that involves the complete replacement of the MS compiler? Best Regards walter ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice

R: Building LibreOffice on Windows

2012-02-20 Thread walter
Speaking with Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation) I understood that the goal was to use only open source tools so you do not have to depend in any way by the owners tools, such as Microsoft. Best regards walter -Messaggio originale- Da:

R: Building LibreOffice on Windows

2012-02-20 Thread walter
Hi * About windows / Cygwin performance. I have noted that on my machine the cl.exe process is unable to push a cpu core to the limit. The best that the cl.exe can is 13% cpu usage without any I/O activity. Where is the time spent ? Any Idea ? I have a i7 870 @ 2.93 GHz, HT enabled. Best,

R: Building LibreOffice on Windows

2012-02-20 Thread walter
In any case the problem remains that cl.exe is not able to use all the cpu power. I think that this problem must be analyzed. Best, walter I have noted that on my machine the cl.exe process is unable to push a cpu core to the limit. My

R: Building LibreOffice on Windows

2012-02-20 Thread walter
Yes, indeed, i have taken a huge blindness !! In any case the problem remains that cl.exe is not able to use all the cpu power. You said you see max 13% CPU usage by each cl.exe process on a four-core, hyperthreading machine (i.e. 8-processor from Windows's point of view)? What is 100

R: Building LibreOffice on Windows

2012-02-16 Thread walter
In the long run the best choice is definitely to abandon cygwin and develop using Linux. I used cygwin for a little while and I've seen that is not well supported L Which version of Linux is better to use? There are big differences between using Ubuntu and CentOS? Regards, walter

R: Building LibreOffice on Windows

2012-02-16 Thread walter
I am a windows developer and I need to integrate LibreOffice in our windows business application. I would have a hard time switching to develop using Linux. But the real problem is that if the community does not want or can not support then development on the windows platform is good for me to

R: Building LibreOffice on Windows

2012-02-16 Thread walter
It would be interesting that a core developer uses Cygwin :) But the real problem is that if the community does not want or can not support then development on the windows platform is good for me to say this very clearly. I can not go and play around and waste time in this way. What do

Re: R: Building LibreOffice on Windows

2012-02-16 Thread Kohei Yoshida
On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 18:02 +0100, walter wrote: It would be interesting that a core developer uses Cygwin :) I do when I'm on Windows. It's not like we have any other choices anyway. Kohei -- Kohei Yoshida, LibreOffice hacker, Calc ___

R: Building LibreOffice on Windows

2012-02-16 Thread walter
In other words, you are doing this commercially, as part of your job, for business purposes? [walter] YES So you are instead demanding that the community (which consists of volunteers spending their own personal resources, and paid developers working for companies that might even be your

Re: R: Building LibreOffice on Windows

2012-02-16 Thread Michael Meeks
On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 18:24 +0100, walter wrote: My only problem is knowing whether to invest my time in 'cygwin' or Linux. I need to build a customized version, and the new code will be returned to the community It depends what you want to achieve. If you want to get a bug fixed that

R: R: Building LibreOffice on Windows

2012-02-16 Thread walter
A few weeks ago I spoke by telephone with Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation) explaining my needs and the work that I hope to do. Regards walter ___ On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 18:24 +0100, walter

Re: R: R: Building LibreOffice on Windows

2012-02-16 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Walter, On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 18:50 +0100, walter wrote: A few weeks ago I spoke by telephone with Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation) explaining my needs and the work that I hope to do. Sure, but unless you clearly explain your needs, it's hard for everyone else to know what