Ugh, sorry. Mongrel is not dead, but rather severely neglected by me. We still use it at Twitter, for what it's worth. I will gather up the 1.9 bits I have and send you the details.
What cross-compilation strategy did you want to use for MinGW? Evan On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Luis Lavena<[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Guys, > > Heads up on this... > > I want to pursue release an updated Mongrel gem that can compile and > run under Windows Ruby 1.8 and 1.9 > > This is due the preview1 versions of the installer just released: > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/c38255aacd68d6dc > > For that purpose, 1.1.5 needs to be updated: > > - consider MinGW as valid platform (it doesn't) > - change RSTRING macros > > Now, I've struggled all day trying to figure out from where I should > get all the pieces to move forward, all without success. > > Patched several Rakefiles to get extensions build, but tests fails. > Patched extension to get Ruby 1.9, and tests stall. > > Cannot release a Gem for Windows since Echoe hook itself and don't let > rake-compiler tasks run well. > > So: Should I consider Mongrel (and fauna/mongrel) repository dead and > move forward? > > Mongrel is still being actively used by MANY users, even some moved to > Passenger, or Thin, Mongrel is still an excellent option. > > I just want the "team" answer so I decide to invest time on getting > that fixed or invest time on getting "another project inspired by > Mongrel" build properly on Windows. > > Please let me know as soon as possible in your agenda, since I'm > expecting lot of reports of failures when using the preview1 > installers. > > Thanks in advance for the feedback and your time. > > Regards, > -- > Luis Lavena > AREA 17 > - > Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, > but rather when there is nothing more to take away. > Antoine de Saint-Exupéry > _______________________________________________ > Mongrel-development mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-development > -- Evan Weaver _______________________________________________ Mongrel-development mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-development
