As long as the procedure is properly (step by step actions) documented, I don't think the requirement for Cygwin is all that bad, especially given the UX improvement it will give to end users.
EdB On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 8:18 AM, OmPrakash Muppirala <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:13 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > OK, CrossBridge uses unix tools like gcc and swig. So removing the > cygwin > > requirement will be painful. > > > > What is the current sentiment? Require Cygwin or Visual Studio? At > least > > Cygwin is free. In theory other unix shells for Windows will work but > > CrossBridge doc onl mentions Cygwin. > > > > > +1 for Cygwin. > > Although, Apache committers do get a free copy of Visual Studio with their > complimentary MSDN subscription. > > > > Meanwhile, I think I will look into why the CrossBridge code was so much > > faster. In theory the result is abc code. > > > > -Alex > > > > On 6/2/14 9:49 PM, "Alex Harui" <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > > >Well, I'm new to Native Extensions as well, but it appears you can't > > >create a single extension that works on both OSX and Windows. Folks > seem > > >to be using Visual Studio for Windows and Xcode for Mac. That seems > like > > >a lot of work and a complicated build environment. The nice thing about > > >the CrossBridge code is that it can be one cross-platform project. I'm > > >going to look into where the cygwin dependencies are in CrossBridge and > > >see if they can be removed, unless someone knows of a way to simplify > the > > >Native Extension development. > > > > > >-Alex > > > > > >On 6/2/14 2:35 PM, "Alex Harui" <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > > > >>In theory, all PMC members with Windows computers have Cygwin or some > > >>shell script processor in place otherwise they cannot run Mustella. > > >> > > >>We could create a separate release package like we did for PixelBender, > > >>but seriously, how many of you are going to build the installer from > > >>sources? > > >> > > >>I'll look into a intel-only NativeExtension version of MD5 next. > > >> > > >>-Alex > > >> > > >>On 6/2/14 2:20 PM, "Michael A. Labriola" <labri...@digitalprimates.net > > > > >>wrote: > > >> > > >>>> -1 for Cygwin too :-( > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Something to note for Windows Users, if you install git bash (which is > > >>>generally part of the windows install for git) you can use it in place > > >>>of > > >>>Cygwin. It might be a much easier way for us to move forward instead > of > > >>>requiring Cygwin. > > >>> > > >>>Mike > > >> > > > > > > > > -- Ix Multimedia Software Jan Luykenstraat 27 3521 VB Utrecht T. 06-51952295 I. www.ixsoftware.nl
