On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:16 AM, Alexey Varlamov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/3/17, Nadya Morozova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi, > > i finally focused on the Supported Platforms page, and created a draft > > version [1]. the page consists of a table similar to old Roadmap table + > > list of specific windows/linux OSes copied from the Wiki page [2] created > by > > Alexey Varlamov a while ago. > In fact that page was collected by Sveta Konovalova, I just cleaned it up a > bit. > > > > The info may be inaccurate or incomplete. Please respond to this mail or > > edit the site directly to update. Is there anything else you wanted to add > > to the topic? > > I guess we need to put more details to the table, for clear > explanation of the actual status - e.g. very basic support of IPF, > just interpreter (?) for FreeBSD/x86, and no VME at all for PPC or > zSeries etc. BTW I guess nobody really tried how Harmony feels on > Vista.
Vista has been attempted and failed - http://markmail.org/message/zcpktosd2n7g7nzl?q=harmony+vista > This should hint interested parties which platforms are "almost there" > so attract more volunteers, but should not raise groundless hopes and > expectations for others. > > Also, I recall there was a hot debate on "supported platform" term > definition - would be nice to extract a paragraph on this topic too. > > -- > Alexey > > > > > > > [1] http://harmony.apache.org/supported_platforms.html > > [2] > > http://wiki.apache.org/harmony/Platforms_to_Run_Harmony_Development_Kit_on > > > > nadya > > > > On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Oliver Deakin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Nadya Morozova wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > iIve been getting requests to make information on supported/tested > > > platforms > > > > for Harmony code more prominent. AFAI understand, our major statement > on > > > > what platforms we work on is the Porting Matrix on the project's > roadmap > > > > page (somewhere nearer the end, scroll down hard) [1]. > > > > Do you think we could make this information more visible? > > > > > > Yes - to me the roadmap page doesn't seem the right place to have our > > > current platform status. We should probably have some porting TODOs > > > listed there, but I don't think this is the appropriate place for the > > > current status to be displayed. > > > > > > > Creating and > > > > maintaining a separate page with porting info could be helpful. > > > > > > Agreed. It would allow those currently working on new platform ports to > > > also give some account of their status and any extra build instructions > > > if they wished - although a Wiki page may be more useful for this so it > > > can be easily updated. I don't have a strong opinion on how this is done. > > > > > > > It'd also > > > > simplify translation of this info into other languages (i ran into the > > > > necessity to link to porting matrix from starting pages on Russian). > Yet > > > > another step forward would be to relate the static info on supported > > > > platforms with our testing infra. > > > > > > > > Please express your opinion on whether this should be done. I'd be > happy > > > to > > > > update the site as needed. > > > > > > > > > > If it's possible to make that table more readable, that would probably > > > be a good thing too - I don't know if it's just my eyes, but I find it > > > hard to see exactly which + and ? belongs to which box! Perhaps a simple > > > color coding of each box would be easier to read than a "+" or "?" > > > character? > > > > > > Thanks for volunteering to make this update! > > > Regards, > > > Oliver > > > > > > > > > > [1] http://harmony.apache.org/roadmap.html#Porting Matrix > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Oliver Deakin > > > Unless stated otherwise above: > > > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > > > 741598. > > > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 > 3AU > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Nadya > > >
