[PD] Windows compiling and cross platform buddies
mark
mark at junklight.com
Mon Mar 18 11:31:01 CET 2002
It strikes me that whilst linux bods can jump right
in with externals (ie. most linux people are used to
building things before they are installed and also
they have the compilers and things) the situation is
very different for the average windows user.
That is the main compiler people use is not free (VC6)
- the free one (borland) is not compatible. Also windows
people are not used to this compile thing and its now
where near as easy to set up on windows even if
you do have the tools.
Got all that? ;-)
Therefore it might be nice to have a repository of compiled
windows DLL's for people to access. It needn't be a big job
- a page on the Wikki would work if we all agreed to
maintain it properly.
Releated to this is the idea of cross platform "buddies" - one
or more Windows external developers could partner with
one or more Linux external developers and help produce
versions of each others library for the other platform. This
would mean that for people like myself who don't have useful
acess to a linux dev box (well one with a GUI anyway - I've
got telnet access to our CVS box) producing linux versions
of my work would be easier. In return I would help port
other objects to windows (increasing the number of externals
I have access to).
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
mark
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