Re: gEDA-dev: FYI: windows build attempt from s.e.design

[Peter TB Brett <peter-at-NOSPAMpeter-b_dot_co_dot_uk>]

On Wednesday 30 May 2007 17:45:07 DJ Delorie wrote:
> "Ales Hvezda" <ahvezda@gmail.com> writes:
> > PS. I'm still convinced that providing binaries for w32 is not a
> > good idea from a point of view of keeping the developers sane and
> > happy.
>
> If it could be automated, it would be no different than any other
> platform "we" provide binaries for.  It's not like we don't break our
> own unix platforms on a semi-regular basis ;-)
>
> The trick is to not let it *stay* broken, which requires a useful
> auto-email and someone to poke at it.  Fixing *any* bitrotten platform
> is hard.

My (slight) worry is that gschem & friends don't behave like Windows programs, 
and making Windows builds will mean lots of people who are used to the way 
Windows programs behave will try them out.  They will then come to the lists 
and complain about it, or worse, post on some tech site about how 
horrifically mind-bogglingly user-unfriendly gEDA is and how it should be 
avoided like the plague.  They'd be wrong, of course.

</troll>

Peter

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