Zach Welch <z...@superlucidity.net> writes:

> On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 23:24 +0200, Freddie Chopin wrote:
>> Sorry to interrupt (; I thought that I'd share my "outsider's opinion" 
>> with all.
>
> Not at all.  I hope more folks are willing to step up and share their
> opinions; without feedback, the maintainers cannot know what you think.
> Thank you for helping to demonstrate how that can be done.

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>
> [...]
>> comfortable situation, because I know how to compile the package, but - 
>> believe me - there are hundreds of "domestic ARM developers" who know 
>> nothing about MinGW, MSYS, autotools and stuff - configuring Eclipse to 
>> handle ARM gcc is pretty much a great achievement for them (I know, 'coz 
>> I've been there just a while ago). Actually there is NO good description 
>> of how to compile OpenOCD for Windows, so it's quite exclusive knowledge.
>
> If I have time, I will rectify this by providing some automated scripts
> to provide a mingw32 build.  Mostly, I am tired of breaking that build.

Is it feasible to build the windows version on linux? I do this for
simple utilities (flash updaters) using a linux version of mingw. There
is also e.g. the nsis (Nullsoft) installer build system that could
perhaps build the complete package.

>> Any chance for a release branch - say - once every 2 months (0.1.0 was 
>> put up around the end of January)?
>
> A regular release schedule should be a priority for the community, and
> the exact details should be determine soon by a consensus process.
>
> Stay tuned.


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>
>> And to make my mail a bit more positive - OpenOCD is moving (running?) 
>> in a good direction! It's very good that it's moving (running?) forward 
>> with great power.

agreed.



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John Devereux
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