Am 07.04.2009 um 09:08 schrieb Chris Little:
Manfred Bergmann wrote:
Am 07.04.2009 um 03:28 schrieb Chris Little:
they have trouble finding the Windows build of the binaries,
This sounds more like an advertising/publicity/documentation
issue than a technical one? Or it could be a packaging issue --
how are such users getting their SWORD library onto their Windows
PCs, and doesn't it come with the utilities?? If not, why not?
Windows builds are static and found at http://crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/utils/win32/
. This is linked from the Wiki documentation, of course. If anyone
wants to make this more prominent & obvious they're welcome, but I
think it's sensible to find this link within the module making
documentation. (You're not really ready to use the utilities until
you've at least skimmed some of the documentation.)
Is it possible that we can add compiled mac tools there in a
separate folder?
Sure, we can do that. Is that the best option though?
We post Windows binaries because most Windows users don't have a
compiler. We don't post Linux binaries because most Linux users _do_
have a compiler (or could get one quickly and easily). I don't
actually know whether Macs come with I compiler or not.
I'd say normal user don't have a compiler.
The Development Tools are on a separate DVD or at least you need to
install them separately.
I think MacPorts offers Sword 1.5.11 for download. But MacPorts tends
to pollute the system as it does not use what is already there in the
system and install things again.
I think it makes sense to offer the tools.
On the other hand, if we build binaries, we know that we can ship
them with ICU included/enabled, which is quite important.
Hmm, there is a issue.
Mac OSX only provides limited ICU tools, in fact it is only the
library (icucore?).
I can build the Sword library alone but any ICU tools used in the
build process break building the tools.
The tools like "genrb" don't work.
Will we have to worry about universal binaries when we build on the
command line?
No, we just need two versions. PPC and Intel.
Manfred
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