Ok, dirty laundry has been cleaned, I feel loved again. 😍 Please keep me in the mail list
I'll set a goal to make another attempt. Hopefully I'll have something to show by the time February rolls by. PS: Luca, I no longer have that file. Thanks for the offer. On Thu, Sep 27, 2018, 12:48 Luca Boccassi <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2018-09-27 at 06:18 +0200, Osiris Pedroso wrote: > > Yes, I am sad to say so. > > The problem is that I never really contributed. > > Computer says yes :-) > > bluca@precision:~/git/libzmq (master)$ git log --author=Osiris --oneline > | wc -l > 13 > > > I did attempt once in the very beginning when I naively wrote a > > Windows > > Office document detailing how to get and build the several ZeroMQ > > projects > > in the Windows environment, but my PR was rejected because it > > contained a > > file in a DOC format. I remember I spent a day working on it, making > > sure > > it was correct and looked good. I was very proud of my first > > submission... > > We talked about this last year - I'm truly sorry you felt that way, but > again the issue is purely technical and was simply about the file being > in binary format, which wreaks havoc in git (every time you change even > one character the file is duplicated in the history, so pretty soon the > repository size explodes). It's not just .doc - it's any non-text file > format that can't be accepted in a git repo. Once added, it's forever > +X MBs in size, and it can never go down. > > We talked about of adding a link in the README, and have the file > hosted elsewhere instead (cloud office 365 I think? Or the wiki? Can't > recall) to avoid this issue, and you seemed to appreciate the idea at > the time if I remember correctly? > > Would you like to send a PR to get this added? > > > Even though the C4 guidelines, which ZeroMQ projects are supposed to > > adhere, say nothing of restricting Windows related contributions, > > that in > > fact seems to me is what happens. Even though most questions on the > > mailing > > list seem to come from Windows users, the ZeroMQ developers as a > > group seem > > to be Windows bigots. > > > > I always wanted to work on Linux, but my career was such that I > > stayed in > > Windows for over 30 years (my first 4 years were using AT&T Unix > > System V, > > a precursor even to BSD, then Windows). > > > > The last couple of years I've watched the mailing list. > > Last Hackathon I wanted to do something significant. One of the > > projects > > Luca Bocassi said we're of interest was using AF sockets in Windows > > 10, now > > that this is available. I looked at it, and at the time it was only > > available on a Window Dev build (it is probably available in Windows > > 10 > > mainstream now). > > Bottom line, I did not get anywhere. Plus I had the feeling that if I > > were > > to ask any questions it would not be well received by the group,. > > This > > discouraged me to pursue it any further. > > > > This year my life has changed quite a bit. > > I have moved to Nürnberg, Germany working for a database company. In > > addition to starting a new job in a new country, I am learning German > > which > > takes all of my free time. And since this company products are Linux > > based, > > I am re-learning how to develop in this environment. > > > > Funny that now when it would be much cheaper to attend the > > Hackathons, I > > have decided that my contributions are not worth it. > > > > Now that Microsoft embraced Open Source, making tools such as VSCode > > (the > > Windows Development IDE) available as Open Source in all platforms > > (Linux, > > MacOS, Windows), it would be a great thing if ZeroMQ could be > > built/developed in this integrated environment (from my Windowzy > > point of > > view), allowing for debugging in any of these platforms in a single > > way, > > but I can already hear the cringe of some members just from hearing > > the > > proposal. > > I think this is a bit too harsh :-) There's plenty of Windows devs > working on the project - lots of work has happened in the past year, > for example to make the CMake stuff better, and to have binaries > available for Windows too online (I think the platform is called > Conda?). > For example, you should be able to now use CMake seamlessly from VSCode > (or any other versions of VS) and get the exact same build results as > you'd get on *nix. > > Also a Windows version of epoll was merged a few months back to make > internal polling faster and more efficient, as another example. There's > surely more I forget. > > > Although I love the idea of participating in an Open Source project, > > it is > > possible that ZeroMQ is not the best fit for my skill set. > > > > But thank you for asking, Benjamin. > > You seem to care, and I appreciate that. > > We all care, and hope you'll join us again in Brussels in February - I > believe it's just 2 train rides away from Nuremberg :-) > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018, 18:36 Benjamin Henrion <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Are we loosing you? > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018, 17:55 Osiris Pedroso <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > zeromq-dev mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > zeromq-dev mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > zeromq-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev > > -- > Kind regards, > Luca Boccassi_______________________________________________ > zeromq-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev >
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