Dear all,
I'm the maintainer of the Windows Port of OpenACS.
Recently (22/07/2011) I got the CVS HEAD version of Aolserver and compiled
it with Microsoft Visual Studio 10 for Windows 32 bit and Windows 64 bit.
I did this because I wanted to take profit of the mods introduced by Brian
and Gustav to handle the uploading of files (objects) too large.
Before that I was using the Aolserver version included in the tar ball
aolserver-4.5.1-src.tar.gz dated 2009-02-02.
Well. ehm... the version in the tar ball compiles and runs well under
Windows.
Not so for the version under CVS HEAD: many of the changes introduced have
been implemented with a careful eye only for *nix, and not for Windows.
By looking at the code I have the feeling that the interest in supporting
Windows is fading down.
To have things in perspective. please go to the ]project-open[ web site, go
to the download section and see how many people have downloaded the Windows
version
and how many have downloaded any of the other version.
I'm not a big organization, I cannot influence you, but I have to say I am
very sorry and sad for this. evolution.. Being so small I don't have the
energy to look at all your changes and additions and make sure they work
properly on Windows. If this trend continues I will be forced to generate a
sort of fork and incorporate, add the new changes, the new additions to my
code base on a case by case basis, driven by the actual needs.
Any opinion?
Thanks in advance,
Maurizio
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