That's the point Jukka, making things better :) This attempt can succeed only if everybody agrees on keeping the windows build happy ( which means, fix it if you broke it). Having some devs responsible for fixing the build on windows while others don't care won't work IMHO.
Regards, Simone Giannecchini == GeoServer training in Milan, 6th & 7th June 2013! Visit http://geoserver.geo-solutions.it for more information. == Ing. Simone Giannecchini @simogeo Founder/Director GeoSolutions S.A.S. Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 55054 Massarosa (LU) Italy phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 1660272 mob: +39 333 8128928 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it ------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Rahkonen Jukka <jukka.rahko...@mmmtike.fi> wrote: > Hi, > > I have never used Geoserver on anything else than Windows and I have always > considered that Geoserver is extraordinary easy to install, including the > nightly builds. But if you think that the system can be made even better > then I have nothing against it. > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > ________________________________ > Andrea Aime wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Simone Giannecchini > <simone.giannecch...@geo-solutions.it<mailto:simone.giannecch...@geo-solutions.it>> > wrote: > Here is what I suggest. We ( as in GeoSolutions) will set up an > official build server with Windows and dedicate it to the projects > (giving everybody access to Jenkins on it). > At that point all developers should make sure that they don't break > the build anymore on Windows, which basically mean taking extra care > when writing code and tests, which can do only good to our beloved > projects! > > While it's no secret that I hate Windows I'd be very much +1 on this one. > Like it or not, Windows is still an important platform, both on the desktop, > where it's still the dominator, and on the server, where it still has a clear > lead in several states. > > While I cannot say I have seen many Windows servers in the last years, > it's also most likely an effect of me being involved in the open source > projects, > and some self-selection effect, in that people using Linux are probably more > likely to interact with the projects and/or fund them to get improvements. > > Yet, I have the feeling there is still a large untapped basin of Windows users > that we're not reaching to, and getting the build to work flawlessly on > Windows > for both GeoServer and GeoTools would imho go a long way to help us > cross that chasm. > > Cheers > Andrea > > -- > == > GeoServer training in Milan, 6th & 7th June 2013! Visit > http://geoserver.geo-solutions.it<http://geoserver.geo-solutions.it/> for > more information. > == > > Ing. Andrea Aime > @geowolf > Technical Lead > > GeoSolutions S.A.S. > Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 > 55054 Massarosa (LU) > Italy > phone: +39 0584 962313 > fax: +39 0584 1660272 > mob: +39 339 8844549 > > http://www.geo-solutions.it > http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite > It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production > Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. > Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-devel mailing list > geoserver-de...@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services 3. A single system of record for all IT processes http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j _______________________________________________ GeoTools-Devel mailing list GeoTools-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
