Re: [NTG-context] Unsupported Platform

2011-06-14 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 03:08, Kip Warner wrote:

 Hey Mojca,

 I think you raise some good points and this would be a useful
 contribution to the project. I think the easiest thing to do would be if
 I just give you a shell account on a MIPS64 machine and you can run this
 yourself, if you like. I haven't much time.

I would be glad to help and to build the binaries, but I'm not sure if
it pays back to do that for zero users. The additional problem is that
I don't know anything about compiler, compatibility of binaries
accross different OS versions etc.

I will keep your offer in mind in case that a few more people request
support for the same architecture. If you change your mind and want to
start building, just let me know.

Mojca
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Re: [NTG-context] Unsupported Platform

2011-06-14 Thread Stappers
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 04:42:22PM -0700, Kip Warner wrote:
 Hey folks,
 
 I just downloaded the first-setup.sh to a machine running GNU. In
 executing it, I got an error message that self suggested it be reported
 to the mailing list.
 
 $ ./first-setup.sh --extra=all
 Error: your system Linux mips64 is not supported yet.
 Please report to the ConTeXt mailing-list (ntg-context@ntg.nl)


FWIW My fulong ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fulong-MiniPC.jpg )
has a mips64 kernel runs Debian mips which is 32bits. That is
like running i386 (32bits) on modern Intel (64bits)


 Take care,
 
 PS Please cc me if you need to contact me, as I'm not on the list.

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Re: [NTG-context] Unsupported Platform

2011-06-14 Thread Kip Warner
On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 09:56 +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
 I would be glad to help and to build the binaries, but I'm not sure if
 it pays back to do that for zero users. The additional problem is that
 I don't know anything about compiler, compatibility of binaries
 accross different OS versions etc.

Hey Mojca. I can't really answer that question either, as I don't know.

 I will keep your offer in mind in case that a few more people request
 support for the same architecture. If you change your mind and want to
 start building, just let me know.
 
 Mojca

Sounds good Mojca. The offer is still standing if you find more people
who would like it ported as well.

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Re: [NTG-context] Unsupported Platform

2011-06-13 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 01:42, Kip Warner wrote:
 Hey folks,

 I just downloaded the first-setup.sh to a machine running GNU. In
 executing it, I got an error message that self suggested it be reported
 to the mailing list.

 $ ./first-setup.sh --extra=all
 Error: your system Linux mips64 is not supported yet.
 Please report to the ConTeXt mailing-list (ntg-context@ntg.nl)

 Take care,

Thanks a lot for the report.

Since none of us has the ability to compile for that architecture, the
only way to include support is if somebody compiles TeX Live (2011)
binaries as soon as possible and then keeps compiling LuaTeX and
metapost for that architecture on regular basis (once per month on
average, but it is nice to have reacting time within a few days).

Are you willing to volunteer for that?

Mojca
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Re: [NTG-context] Unsupported Platform

2011-06-13 Thread Kip Warner
On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 09:34 +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
 Thanks a lot for the report.
 
 Since none of us has the ability to compile for that architecture, the
 only way to include support is if somebody compiles TeX Live (2011)
 binaries as soon as possible and then keeps compiling LuaTeX and
 metapost for that architecture on regular basis (once per month on
 average, but it is nice to have reacting time within a few days).
 
 Are you willing to volunteer for that?
 
 Mojca

Hey Mojca,

I could, but on the condition that it doesn't require any more than a
few minutes of my time each month because I am pretty task saturated
already.

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Re: [NTG-context] Unsupported Platform

2011-06-13 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 18:51, Kip Warner wrote:
 On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 09:34 +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
 Thanks a lot for the report.

 Since none of us has the ability to compile for that architecture, the
 only way to include support is if somebody compiles TeX Live (2011)
 binaries as soon as possible and then keeps compiling LuaTeX and
 metapost for that architecture on regular basis (once per month on
 average, but it is nice to have reacting time within a few days).

 Are you willing to volunteer for that?

 Mojca

 Hey Mojca,

 I could, but on the condition that it doesn't require any more than a
 few minutes of my time each month because I am pretty task saturated
 already.

When sources are updated and if everything is set up properly, you
only need to run a single command from terminal (at the end you need
to provide svn password unless you configure svn to store it for you).
It takes about 10 minutes to finish compilation, but it only takes
processor time, no work for you. You can also set up a cron job to run
each night in which case there will be absolutely zero work for you
unless compilation fails.

What is more important is not to abandone the work once you start it.
It makes little to no sense to provide binaries if you happen to, say,
not have time to update the binaries for a month.

You can try
svn co http://svn.contextgarden.net/minimals-src/build-binaries

Try to run bin_update_src.sh and try to build luatex and metapost (you
can also run bin_buid.sh, but then you need to patch platform.sh
first). Usually you just hit do_all.sh.



However the first required step is to build TeX Live sources. See
http://www.tug.org/texlive/build.html

The deadline for release of TeX Line 2011 is end of June. It would be
most helpful for me if TeX Live's SVN could include binaries. Updating
TeX Live binaries is only done once per year and you might need to
repeat that two or three times within a month (when bugs are
discovered).

Can you please try if you can build the successfully?

Mojca
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Re: [NTG-context] Unsupported Platform

2011-06-13 Thread Kip Warner
On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 19:37 +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
 When sources are updated and if everything is set up properly, you
 only need to run a single command from terminal (at the end you need
 to provide svn password unless you configure svn to store it for you).
 It takes about 10 minutes to finish compilation, but it only takes
 processor time, no work for you. You can also set up a cron job to run
 each night in which case there will be absolutely zero work for you
 unless compilation fails.
 
 What is more important is not to abandone the work once you start it.
 It makes little to no sense to provide binaries if you happen to, say,
 not have time to update the binaries for a month.
 
 You can try
 svn co http://svn.contextgarden.net/minimals-src/build-binaries
 
 Try to run bin_update_src.sh and try to build luatex and metapost (you
 can also run bin_buid.sh, but then you need to patch platform.sh
 first). Usually you just hit do_all.sh.
 
 
 
 However the first required step is to build TeX Live sources. See
 http://www.tug.org/texlive/build.html
 
 The deadline for release of TeX Line 2011 is end of June. It would be
 most helpful for me if TeX Live's SVN could include binaries. Updating
 TeX Live binaries is only done once per year and you might need to
 repeat that two or three times within a month (when bugs are
 discovered).
 
 Can you please try if you can build the successfully?
 
 Mojca

Hey Mojca,

I think you raise some good points and this would be a useful
contribution to the project. I think the easiest thing to do would be if
I just give you a shell account on a MIPS64 machine and you can run this
yourself, if you like. I haven't much time.

If that is ok with you, please email me off the list.

Take care,

-- 
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OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred
http://www.thevertigo.com


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