btw, from now on, each time such mail appears in our maillsts, i'll be pushing the moment i start looking at that pr by one month.
On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:43 PM, Roman Lebedev <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:32 PM, Martin Pecka <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello DT developers. >> >> I know there is some discussion about Windows ports of DT. And I even know >> there is a PR that looks promising and is adding Windows support the >> "proper" and user-friendly way. However, it still seems to me you're >> undecided if the Windows port is a wanted "feature" or not. >> But today I've tested a way that allows to compile DT on Windows 10 with no >> code modifications at all (well, with one character being edited in >> src/CMakeLists.txt). Which means no additional burden for the regular >> Linux/Mac developers. My suggestion doesn't result in an installer or >> binary, but just in a compilation guide, where it can be clearly written >> that bugreports for this DT "distribution" will be ignored. And since every >> user that compiles DT on Windows would have to read this guide, he should >> also read and remember not to post bugreports. >> >> My approach uses the Windows Subsystem for Linux added in Win10 ( >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux ), which is "a >> compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables (in ELF format) >> natively on Windows 10". This practically means you can run bash in your >> Windows console, and that bash runs in a fictional Ubuntu 14.04. But this >> "fictional Ubuntu" can do most of the things real Ubuntu can do, most >> notably installing software via apt-get and compiling using gcc. I was >> really impressed by the subset of things that are working seamlessly. >> >> Together with Xming (X server port for Windows), this allows for quite easy >> compilation and running of Darktable on Windows. >> >> I've recorded the needed steps in the following Gist: >> https://gist.github.com/peci1/222a6bdfa028aa043f9c509c78bf9bc4 . It's mostly >> just about adding newer versions of libraries to the fictional Trusty >> system, and then using the standard Ubuntu compilation guide from DT wiki. >> (I think it's generally also a guide on how to build DT on real Trusty >> system). >> >> Recent news ( >> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/10/windows-10-linux-subsystem-ubuntu-16-04 ) >> mentioned it will even be possible to get Xenial instead of Trusty on >> Windows. That would even mean darktable could be compiled on Windows with >> exactly the steps from Xenial compilation guide. However, I'm not able to >> test this ATM (it's not yet released to public, and I run some other >> software that requires Trusty). >> >> My question/suggestion is: should I add this guide to the official DT wiki? > Forcing something down our throat sure will help. Go on. > > Roman. >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> darktable developer mailing list >> to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected] >> ___________________________________________________________________________ darktable developer mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
