[brailleblaster] Re: Preparing for the next release
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:40:55 -0500
Scott,
Congratulations! I wish everyone ran Linux. If you have both Subversion
and Mercurial you can download liblouis and liblouisutdml from their
repositories and compile them. I just need the 32-bit libraries. The
other files are platform-independent. You can send the library binaries
to me privately as e-mail attachments.
Thanks,
John
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:27:53AM +0200, Scott Berry wrote:
> John,
>
> I have both here. I have 32-bit system and a 64-bit and they both run
> Linux. I don't use Windows at all any more.
>
>
>
> On 11/08/11 14:47, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >Well, this is not final. Onl.y developers are likely to test
> >BrailleBlaster at this stage. However, I can provide a single download
> >for each platform and architecture. That will be simpler in some ways.
> >One problem is that my machines and compilers are all 64-bit. Volunteers
> >are needed to produce the 32-bit versions of liblouis and liblouisutdml.
> >We should also probably have volunteers who can produce the libraries
> >for Mac PowerPC's. However, I wonder if there are versions of swt for
> >the PowerPC.
> >
> >John
> >
> >On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:48:14PM +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
> >>I would possibly say that in final things that is really expected to be
> >>used by users, installation should be as simple as possible. Therefore I
> >>feel it should be a single download the user would need to do.
> >>
> >>There are probably sufficient platform specific parts that it would not
> >>be reasonable (if possible) to include binaries for all platforms.
> >>Therefore there are likely to be platform specific downloads. However to
> >>have a common download plus a platform specific download is more
> >>downloads for the user than can be achieved. It probably is best for
> >>compiled versions to simply have "ready to run" downloads for each
> >>platform. This is normally what is done. Normally there is also a source
> >>distribution, which should not contain dependencies but this should not
> >>be a problem as anyone building from source is probably a more advanced
> >>user or at least is reading documents.
> >>
> >>I know sometimes it may feel a waste of space to duplicate the common
> >>code in each platform specific download, however consider how large
> >>actually is the common code in this case? Is that bit of duplication and
> >>slight inefficiency worth the benefit of user experience? I feel it is.
> >>
> >>Michael Whapples
> >>On 11 Aug 2011, at 03:06, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >>
> >>>BrailleBlaster is now able to translate and format on all three
> >>>platforms. In the next few days I may be posting messages about
> >>>particular problems in preparing for the next release. In this message I
> >>>would like to ask for suggestions for setting up a preliminary
> >>>distribution system that is not too onerous for the users and not too
> >>>hard to implement.
> >>>
> >>>I am thinking of having a base download containing all the
> >>>platform-independent components and a README explaining how to add the
> >>>platform-dependent ones. There would be a download for each platform. It
> >>>willl contain the swt.jar for that platform and the liblouis and
> >>>liblouisutdml libraries.
> >>>
> >>>Volunteers will be needed to produce some of the platform-dependent
> >>>downloads. For example, someone with a 32-bit Windows system and a
> >>>32-bit Microsoft C/C++ compiler will be needed.
> >>>
> >>>More mesages will follow. For now, i would appreciate suggestions on
> >>>the distribution system.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>John
> >>>
> >>>--
> >>>John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> >>>Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> >>>http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >>>Madison, Wisconsin USA
> >>>Developing software for people with disabilities
> >>>
> >>>
>
>
> --
> Scott Berry
> E-mail Address: scottbb1973@xxxxxxxxx
> Repeater Book Admin for the following states: north and South Dakota,
> Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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