Re: MinGW + Windows

I prefer to get both bzip2 and gzip files, if it is not too much bother.


From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected]
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 9:32 AM
To: FreeTDS Development Group
Subject: Re: [freetds] MinGW + Windows


On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 10:27:11PM -0500, Craig A. Berry wrote:

> On May 6, 2010, at 8:27 PM, James K. Lowden wrote:

> > Harry Sfougaris wrote:

> >> I would like to ask if anyone know how to build FreeTDS under

> >> Windows, without using Visual Studio.

> >

> > In the current snapshot,

>

> Which still unpacks to freetds-0.83.dev.20100122, assuming

...

> is still the correct URL.  Let me know if there's anything I can do to

> help -- ISTR the script that generates the sanpshot is not part of the

> public repository.



Oy!  We have met the enemy and he is us.



http://freetds.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freetds/freetds/configure.ac?r1=1.43&r2=1.44



When configure.ac changed to create bzip files, the overnight script started failing.  I've never been able to figure out a good way to get mail only for *failed* jobs, so my BOFH sysadmin strategy is to ignore everything until someone complains.  And then, it seems, continue ignoring....



Going to bzip2 for the distfiles involves some fiddly work with my scripts and to the website.  And likely somedownstream work for anyone packaging them.  For that reason I'm disinclined to do switch.  I know Frediano would like to switch to bzip2, though; I think because he admires its efficiency.



So, the choices are 3:



1.  Revert configure.ac.

2.  Generate both bzip2 and gzip distfiles.

3.  Update the scripts and website.



Any thoughts or even just strongly held opinions?  Inquiring minds want to know.  Since it's been broken since January, we don't have to fix it today.



--jkl







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