On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 4:18 PM Johan Corveleyn <jcor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 10:12 PM Nathan Hartman > <hartman.nat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'll merge the two items into one: > > > > * Python programming: > > > > - SVN-3914 - Implement building with libmagic on Windows in the build > > scripts and document it in INSTALL. > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SVN-3914?issueNumber=3914 > > I build SVN on Windows regularly. It's not for the faint of heart -- > it might take a hackathon participant the full two days just to get it > to build. (of course, it doesn't help that I'm not very experienced in > C and Visual Studio ... but anyway. The main problem is all the > dependencies that you need to get built first) > > Indeed, I don't think the build scripts for Windows currently support > libmagic. The first question is actually: where can I download > libmagic "for windows"? I don't know whether libmagic itself is easily > available / buildable on Windows ... > > I'm putting Stefan Sperling in cc, because he filed SVN-3914. Perhaps > he knows more about it? > > All in all, I think it's a bit of a risky issue to put on the list, > because: who will guide / mentor that one? It requires at least good > knowledge of the Windows build system, and I, for one, do not have > that knowledge. I just use the build scripts, I don't really > understand them :-).
Well that sounds scary. :-) If we have to pull that item out (not saying we do yet, just IF), then that leaves us with no Python tasks. I'd like to have something Python-related on the list because there's a good chance that a 700+ member university hackathon will have some Python programmers. Any other suggested Python tasks we could add? > BTW: thanks a lot for driving this, Nathan. My pleasure. Nathan
