Hi Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 Apologies for any typos On Feb 4, 2013 9:53 AM, "Marcel Offermans" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Alexander, > > On Feb 4, 2013, at 9:25 , Alexander Broekhuis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2013/2/1 Marcel Offermans <[email protected]> > > > >> Would it make sense to do a new release? > > > > I would like to say yes, but there are still some problems running on > > windows. I would like to do some more testing etc. Having a release > > specifically for windows which doesn't work isn't a good idea imho. > > > > I find it quite tricky, and am not sure what is the best way to go.. Not > > having a release which supports windows might scare off users, but having a > > release which compiles, but doesn't run could as well scare new users off. > > > > I do hope Lionel gets it working, and we can fix the problems he finds. If > > all seems to be pretty good, I am in favor of a new release. > > Agreed, I was initially under impression that you already had the trunk working on Windows, but I agree that it makes sense to hold off a release until we do. > > So, as a "mini roadmap" we probably agree that it makes sense to work towards a next release that "works on Windows". > > > On a side note, there aren't many tests in Celix. This makes it difficult > > to check if all works on Windows. I am working on unit tests for the > > framework, but having integration tests might be even more important. > > I agree, and maybe it also makes sense to try and setup some continuous build on Jenkins. I have no clue if Jenkins supports C projects, or how other C/C++ projects at Apache approach this, but that might be worth inquiring about.
I think you can do it with Jenkins as at least you can make the build job run a build script, but I believe that the other CI options might be better, openejb for example uses buildbot Let me have a look at that and come back to u as soon as I get to something > > Greetings, Marcel >
