I also need the Windows utilities. We are a team of three people doing module development. We all have Windows workstations.
We do have a Linux machine that hosts our svn, but it would be a distinct disadvantage if I have to work out a way to execute the
module builds on the Linux box, particularly since I am not even on the same lan, so would have to do it across the internet. It's
hard enough getting everything to run just on a single workstation. The extra complexity of such a hybrid setup is highly
undesirable.
On the other hand I would be open to doing a Windows build of the utilities, but I am not at all clear how to do that. Can anybody
give me a tutorial?
Since we are developing French modules, I am needing to get the French v11n upgrades, and this is slowing down our progress.
John
> 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
John Dudeck
Programmer at Editions Cle Lyon, France
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