Hmm, I am interested in the port to windows, being as I am a linux user forced to use windows for university. I am putting in a couple of proposals I think, is there a better place to contact rbx devs than here?
Rob On Apr 11, 2:22 pm, Luis Lavena <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Chuck Remes <[email protected]> wrote: > > [...] > > > As rubinius approaches 1.0 over the next 2 weeks, we need to start getting > > it working on Windows. This would likely entail some refactoring of a few > > I/O classes to abstract out some platform-specific items. There are already > > one or two people poking at this (on forks) so there is the possibility of > > some collaboration. > > > Getting rubinius to compile and run on Windows is about the right size for > > a summer project. > > I would say that getting Rubinius working on Windows is a bit bigger > than just a summer project, but doable. > > The truth is that the set of skills required to make it happen are not > highly available in people wanting to work on Ruby, or are not > familiar with Open Source development. > > As it bad it sounds, is the true. The mindset of proficient Windows > developers is not wrap around Open Source, but of course there are > always exceptions to the rule. > > > Of course, there are other possibilities. Here's a short list... > > > [...] > > I believe this list plays a more important role. It will be hard to > port something to a different OS when certain things do not work and > you don't know if is because your port, the underlying library or a > broken 3rd party. > > -- > 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 -- --- !ruby/object:MailingList name: rubinius-dev view: http://groups.google.com/group/rubinius-dev?hl=en post: [email protected] unsubscribe: [email protected]
