On 5 March 2012 22:26, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Igor,
On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4 March 2012 22:46, Jan van de Sandt <jvdsandt@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
On the Pharo Jenkins server [1] there is a recent build of a VM with NativeBoost support for the Mac. But the Unix version is six months old and there is no Windows version.
The Unix one was not built because i forgot to set the upstream project, :) so build doesn't triggers when everything else builds. The Windows one, i was built manually on my machine, because we were lacking windows slave for jenkins. You can download windows VM from nativeboost project downloads page: http://code.google.com/p/nativeboost/downloads/list
I'm not happy with VM i built (Cog + NativeBoost Win32 Binaries (7 Feb, 2012) ). I built the threaded VM, and besides the warning which pops up every time you launch it, i had couple crashes when simply loading MC packages. I am still not sure what happens, and need to investigate, because the other VM i built recently on another windows machine (by installing everything from scratch) behaves quite stable.
I would definitely treat the threaded VM as experimental for now. Â It is in development (stalled due to lack of time), bleeding edge and very much not ready for prime time. I used to use it regularly on Mac but then it started locking up. Â I plan to get back to it this year sometime, but right now it is "use at your own risk" and not something to inflict on the unwitting.
I know the status, Eliot. But also, i know that we need to give it a try. A community should help in developing it and testing.. You should not stand alone vs all dragons. -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.