RE: binary kits for 21.0?
As usual I forgot to make my point.
I assume that the best way to get the release from a .0 to a .1 or .4 or
whatever is to get people who did not develop the code to run it. This way the
code gets exercised and abused and bug reports get generated. (I find that
users do such unexpected things to my code that they are indispensable to my
beta testing.)
If you want people who are not XEmacs developers to use it and test it you
probably need binaries in the Windows world. Most people who mess with free
software do so on UNIX. Many may run windows but do not want to own Microsoft's
compilers. On UNIX I'd say it's fine to expect people on the early releases to
compile their own. Most UNIX's come with an acceptable "c" compiler.
Windows
does not.
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From: Baldwin, Mark (GEAE)[SMTP:mark.baldwinļ¼ ae.ge.com]
Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 3:17 PM
To: XEmacs Beta List; xemacs-nt(a)xemacs.org
Subject: RE: binary kits for 21.0?
Hi All;
Just my 2 cents. I do download and compile XEmacs for my different UNIX
systems. I download lots of open source type stuff, port it as necessary and
compile it. I use XEmacs on UNIX every day.
I don't on a Micro$oft compiler. I don't plan to buy one. I would love to
use
my familiar XEmacs on Win95. Unless it compiles on a free compiler I probably
will have to wait for the binaries. I'm not really interested in trying to
port
to a free compiler on windows. I don't do windows. ;-) Just not much fun.
Thanks;
Mark Baldwin