[mira_announce] Call for testers: source code for MIRA 2.9.x

Dear all,

I love it when a plan comes together ... when it comes together. 

The plan was to release the source for MIRA 3 together with a paper describing 
the new assembler version by mid of this year. It's now almost mid of the year 
and there's still no paper on the horizon ... well, one paper that set sail 
got into stormy weather, was delayed and then sunk. Bother!

This means it's now time for plan B.

I think I'll be able to release MIRA 3 to a larger public sometime around 
August, together with the source code. As I know from experience that MIRA is 
not always easy to compile, I want to make sure it's as painless as possible 
on as several platforms as possible for as many people as possible.

Therefore, from now on, the source code for MIRA 2.9.x will be released 
together with pre-compiled binaries, free for anyone to grab. But while the 
binaries will be available to a larger audience on the official download page, 
I'll announce the source packages only on the MIRA announce mailing list. I 
hope that this way there still will be enough feedback to smooth out some 
bumps in the compilation process until August without an overfull inbox 
regarding compiler problems.

For those who try compiling: please give a quick feedback whether it worked 
for your specific platform (or not). If not, please send as much information as 
possible: system type, the output of uname -a, of the configure script, of the 
output of make, whatever. Even better, if you have a fix ... well, I'll be 
really grateful.

Let's start with the current version:
     http://www.chevreux.org/tmp/mira-2.9.46.tar.bz2

Have fun with MIRA.

Regards,
  Bastien

PS: if you run into compiling troubles, you might get quicker response when 
mailing to the MIRA talk list instead of directly to me.
PPS: yep, MIRA 2.9.x and the 3 series are still under GPL v2 (and will remain 
there)

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