Re: [Libcdio-devel] RFC: Support for non-POSIX systems?

[Rocky Bernstein]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 4:58 AM, Leon Merten Lohse <address@hidden>wrote:

> Already having the code to point to different functions on different
> platforms and having the routines for various OSes it would be a shame to
> support only POSIX.
> How can we call libcdio platform independent if we support only POSIX
> systems and what is the point of this library?
> If we support only POSIX we can get rid of a lot of abstraction that was
> already done.
> Also Pete Batard spent a lot of his time getting libcdio to compile on
> MSVC.
>
> I am a convinced Linux user but imho as long as the projects using libcdio
> like VLC are released for other systems we should try to do so, too. The
> demand is there.
>
> What we do need are people to test and maintain the releases for the
> different systems. We can talk a lot about what to do or not to do but
> without individual care it will not work out. Every release has to be
> tested on every system we claim to support and should at least have all the
> major features.
>
> This does not have to be the case with git. If a POSIX developer submits a
> patch imho it would be wrong asking him to test it with MSVC. I would
> prefer to have somebody make sure MSVC works before a release rather than
> testing every patch for MSVC compatibility.
> We should encourage people to use the release tarballs. Most of the time
> the git version had some more features but was not as stable and once it
> became stable there was a release.
> If the git version lacks some files MSVC needs, there should at least be a
> guide for MSVC developers of how to generate them.
>

Also many times in the past in this and other projects I have made tarballs
on request and also in advance of a release specifically for people who
didn't want to deal with the additional requirements in building from
version control.



> Let me conclude.
> Yes for MSVC support (and other systems if there are people caring)
> No for requiring MSVC compatibility in git but providing a guide
>
> Regards
> Leon
>
> Am 18.03.2012 05:23, schrieb Rocky Bernstein:
>
>  There has been a lot (possibly too much) back and forth regarding support
>> for development on native Microsoft C compilers.  In the past, there has
>> been interest in supporting development on Sun's native C compiler.
>>
>> I realize the crowd here isn't likely to be avid Microsoft C developers,
>> but if you could put aside individual biases in the following broader
>> question I would appreciate it.
>>
>> To what extent should libcdio try to support non-POSIX systems?
>>
>> Microsoft Windows is probably the biggest avowedly non-POSIX (or
>> POSIX-hostile) system. But if you want examples of others: BEOS, Amiga,
>> VMS, OS/2, Plan9 (which is probably pretty POSIX).
>>
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