The VM for Padre would be nice to have but I'm not sure that replacing a perl installation problem with an OS+VirtualBox installation makes things simpler.
As Padre is designed for perl development, it would seem more likely that improving the perl install process for the various platforms might be more synergistic with the evolution and improvement of Padre. I've found the strawberry perl + padre to be very easy to install although I have not yet gotten to the point of getting a developers version running to debug why the Padre::Plugin::REPL crashes on windows but appears to work on linux. I have not managed to build/install Padre for cygwin. OTOH, it might be *very* useful to have a current developer's Padre on a VM as that would be something to simplify the initial setup and go phase of Padre development. --Chris Karl Forner wrote: > Hello, > > I have a naive idea about distributing cutting-edge or stable versions > of Padre. > As you know, it is not always that easy to install Padre, especially a > recent version, even on windows. > In my opinion, it's a pity because good perl developers are not always > system gurus, and that does not > give a good image of the project when you have to struggle with the > installation. > > So I was thinking... Why not distributing and maitaining up-to-date a > virtual image of a OS with the latest Padre version and all the needed > tools installed ? > For example an image for the VirtualBox software, which is opensource > and free to use, and runs on linux/windows ? > By using a light version of an OS, the image would not be that heavy, > and could be distributed via peer-to-peer networks. > > What do you think ? > > Karl > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Padre-dev mailing list > Padre-dev@perlide.org > http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev > _______________________________________________ Padre-dev mailing list Padre-dev@perlide.org http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev
