> > However, you should know that we are within hours of dropping support for > Microsoft compilers. I suspect by next Monday all Win32 builds will be > done > using GNU C cross-compile tools on Linux, with the exception of building > the > installer file, which will probably be done on Win32.
That is the best news I've heard all day. The Microsoft stuff is so full of bloat!!! Any idea of what extras (and versions of) will be required? Eg mingw obviously, but what else? Based on what you have said, I assume that if I want to test this I would need to be using the CVS head version and not a stable release? > > > > Is there any current project to port the Director and Storage modules to > > Win32? > > No, and it is not something that I am likely to personally attempt. Obviously the Storage daemon would be a challenge as you have said below, but is there anything about the Director that would make it any more challenging to port than any other database and network app? > > If not, in your opinion would it make sense to try and make the current > > storage module work under Win32 or to write a new one? > > I'm not sure what the best answer is. I'd probably be tempted to start > with > the current SD. However it is oriented toward Unix systems, and is overly > complicated, I saw some notes that effect in the source :) > though over time I am cleaning it up. I'm not sure I would want > to try to write a new one, though it would *certainly* be much cleaner in > design. Thanks for the response. James ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
