On 24.04.2008, at 07:24, NoiseEHC wrote: > Michael Stone wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 05:37:08PM -0400, Walter Bender wrote: >> >>> I do know that to launch an effort to port to Windows will require >>> resources above and beyond what are currently available. >>> >> >> True, but there are many skilled Windows developers around (including >> F/OSS developers) who might assist with the work. >> >> > Depending how you define "Sugar", I think it can be as small an effort > as 1 man. > Since the majority of the code is written in Python, clearly I do not > see too much work with it.
I don't want to waste too much time discussing Sugar on Windows. But stating this is a 1-man effort is ridiculous - unless you are speaking of emulating a whole Linux installation. Python, and Sugar, rely on a huge hunk of libraries many of which are unix-specific. Even if you proposed to run on say cygwin this would still be a major effort. Proper porting to Windows without using wrapper libraries (which would reduce performance) would require an army of programmers, and most certainly the result would not be source- compatible with the Linux version. I'd be happy to see Windows programmers tackle this, it would benefit the kids that are deprived of using a Linux solution for whatever reason. But it should in no way diminish the efforts on the Linux side. Which is, IIUC, OLPC's official position, too. - Bert - _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
