On 30-Nov-08, at 10:23 AM, Mircea Zahan wrote:
> Well now, for someone proficient with a programming language,
> recompiling sources for just another flavor of Windows should be
> a task of what ... a few minutes ? I am not proficient with C(++?)
> but I do posess knowledge in Delphi. So it happens to know a
> little about the big picture.
>
> I don't think it's a matter of time or cost, it's just a matter of
> wanting
> to do it.
>
You just provided the compelling argument for doing it yourself.
--Toby
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Levy" <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
> To: "Mircea Zahan" <mzahan_at_adaptive.ro>
> Cc: <users_at_subversion.tigris.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 1:43 PM
> Subject: Re: x86 is stone age, how about moving along ?
>
>
>> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 05:32, Mircea Zahan <mzahan_at_adaptive.ro>
>> wrote:
>>> Hello everybody,
>>>
>>> Is there any chance for you to publish x64 version of
>>> Subversion's binaries
>>> for Windows?
>>> Please don't reply with something like "get the sources and
>>> compile it", not
>>> everyone is proficient
>>> with C programming/compiling.
>>>
>>> I know the existing binaries do work on x64, but I want to have a
>>> pure x64
>>> environment.
>>> At this very moment the SVN server is the only x86 application
>>> running on
>>> our server.
>>>
>>> Every major server of any kind already has x64 binaries, yours
>>> doesn't. It's
>>> dissapointing for
>>> such a marvelous piece of software.
>> Binary packages, especially the ones for Windows and all the ones not
>> offered by companies, are done by *volunteers*. Their schedules may
>> not allow for it, or they may not have access to the required systems
>> to do it.
>> If you're looking for a company to do it, they need to see a
>> financial
>> incentive for it. CollabNet sells support for Subversion and they
>> haven't (apparently) seen enough reason to justify the cost yet.
>
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