Thanks, Greg.
Pretty sure I won't be the only person that uses Win32 editions of the
utilities,
even I have occasionally put in a reminder whenever there's a new release. :)
As a Society, we should always remember that we are not a one platform outfit,
and that there are module developers and testers that do not have a pressing
need to use Linux.
Best regards,
David
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Win32 sword utilities for SWORD release 1.8.0 ?
> Local Time: 29 December 2017 9:11 PM
> UTC Time: 29 December 2017 21:11
> From: greg.helli...@gmail.com
> To: David Haslam <dfh...@protonmail.com>, SWORD Developers' Collaboration
> Forum <sword-devel@crosswire.org>
>
> You ask this every time there is an engine release and the answer is still
> the same: there are no official builds of the utilities for Windows. The only
> supported environment for running them is Linux and they are only supported
> when running from Subversion HEAD. Anywhere that they run outside of that is
> a happy accident.
>
> The fact that Karl's patch for diatheke was not included in Xiphos 4.0.7's
> release should not in any way surprise you. The patch would have been added,
> if it was added, to the Subversion HEAD. Xiphos does not release against
> head but releases against Sword's official releases. If his patch was added,
> then it will be available when a version of Xiphos is released against Sword
> 1.8.
>
> I have, previously, released unofficial Win32 builds of the utilities solely
> to placate your repeated requests for them. Those are built out of the Fedora
> official build process (I sometimes will craft a build against pre-release
> versions of the engine, but I still use the Fedora release). In Fedora MinGW
> (win32 cross-build) environments we strive to keep the MinGW builds in
> lockstep with the native packages. I have not updated Fedora's native
> packages for 1.8 because the Python bindings were not compiling in 1.8.0.
> I've committed changes that enable that to compile and will release 1.8.1
> with that change and any others that come through in the next few days.
> Although the Fedora MinGW builds do not build the Python bindings and should,
> therefore, not have a technical reason to wait for upgrading to 1.8 I am
> trying to keep with the MinGW guidelines to keep those packages as close to
> the native package as possible.
>
> When 1.8.1 hits the shelves, I will update Fedora 27 native and MinGW
> packages. At that point, I will create a tarball of those and drop it
> alongside where I normally put those packages on my download URL. I will be
> sure to let you know when I do that. But please, keep in mind, there is
> nothing official related to CrossWire in those builds, they are not supported
> by anyone other than myself, and there is no guarantee that they even will
> build (although there is no malice towards allowing them to continue
> building, and Troy and DM have generally accepted changes to keep them
> working when and if necessary).
>
> --Greg
>
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 11:48 AM, David Haslam <dfh...@protonmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If the Win32 sword utilities have already been compiled for SWORD 1.8.0
>> release, where can I find them?
>> If they are not yet made, please would someone do the honours. Thanks.
>>
>> btw. Was Karl's patch for diatheke -o M included ?
>> cf. Although he made the patch several months ago, it was not included in
>> the win32 utilities distributed with Xiphos 4.0.7 (Windows edition).
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> David
>>
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