Re: arch 2.0 survey followup

On 5/1/06, Alfred M. Szmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
>    there are so many GNU applications that are used in a windows
>    environments, let alone proprietary unices, that i'm not sure what
>    the target OS should be. that's not a criticism, only a comment has
>    changed a great deal from its quite focused technical roots.
>
> The target OS for any GNU program is GNU and if possible variants like
> GNU/Linux.  This has never really changed.
>
Alfred, this does not negate that good Windows support is useful. 
Another point I think of matter in the context of a SCM system is that
you want to be able to check in/check out code in different platforms
using the same SCM because in some places you do not have a POSIX
system to access the repository.  At work, or in a hotel, or somewhere
you may only have access to a Windows machine.  And you want to access
your repository.  How, without Windows support?

The danger for something like Windows support is that it takes away
from GNU/Linux support.  At this point of time, do you think someone
like Tom Lord will work fully on Windows and ignore the Unix
environment?

A good user application design will be as portable as possible.  This
is more doable for a SCM than, say, for something like Gstreamer.