Rubyinstaller devel - Apr 2009 - [Fwd: Re: Ruby 1.9.1 windows plight]

Hi Luis,

Thanks for the reply.  I too use VC6 but have been unable to get the 
project/compiler settings into a workable state.

I agree that the best way forward with Windows platforms is to use a 
MinGW build environment/sandbox. This will at least allow the community 
to get away from the disruptive commercial profiteering of Microsoft.

So yes I am looking for a MinGW sandbox so that I can contribute to the 
1.9.1 one-click installer.

Many thanks

John Leake

Luis Lavena wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 8:44 PM, ozwaldtwistle <ozwaldtwistle at
socit.co.uk> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Luis,
>>
>> As I am sure time is really marching on do you have a shrink wrapped
>> environment under XP Pro
>> that I could get started with?  I built shoes Ok with guidance from why
>> using the M$ DDK.
>>
>>     
>
> Hi there John,
>
> I haven''t worked with MS tools for the past years, except VC6
which I
> use to build current One-Click installer and some extensions.
>
> I cannot share that with you since I''ll be violating the Visual
Studio
> 97 license/eula.
>
> I believe you''re looking for a sandboxed environment with MinGW?
>
> Sorry I don''t understand your question correctly, but English is
not
> my first language.
>
> If you can rephrase it will be great. Even more if you post this to
> rubyinstaller-devel mailing list:
>
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubyinstaller-devel
>
> Thank you,
>   
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here''s the fella that creates a sandbox for you [creates it for 1.8.6]

http://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/tree/master

try executing "rake" or "rake CHECKOUT=1"
There may be an option for 1.9 in there--I dunno.

typically when I want to build 1.9 I checkout luis'' sandbox, build 1.8
with it [once] then use its sandbox/mingw and sandbox/msys directories
to build the "daily 1.9 snapshot"
Cheers!
-=r

2009/4/9 ozwaldtwistle <ozwaldtwistle at
socit.co.uk>:
> Hi Luis,
>
> Thanks for the reply.? I too use VC6 but have been unable to get the
> project/compiler settings into a workable state.
>
> I agree that the best way forward with Windows platforms is to use a MinGW
> build environment/sandbox. This will at least allow the community to get
> away from the disruptive commercial profiteering of Microsoft.
>
> So yes I am looking for a MinGW sandbox so that I can contribute to the
> 1.9.1 one-click installer.
>
> Many thanks
>
> John Leake
>
> Luis Lavena wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 8:44 PM, ozwaldtwistle <ozwaldtwistle at
socit.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Luis,
>
> As I am sure time is really marching on do you have a shrink wrapped
> environment under XP Pro
> that I could get started with? ?I built shoes Ok with guidance from why
> using the M$ DDK.
>
>
>
> Hi there John,
>
> I haven''t worked with MS tools for the past years, except VC6
which I
> use to build current One-Click installer and some extensions.
>
> I cannot share that with you since I''ll be violating the Visual
Studio
> 97 license/eula.
>
> I believe you''re looking for a sandboxed environment with MinGW?
>
> Sorry I don''t understand your question correctly, but English is
not
> my first language.
>
> If you can rephrase it will be great. Even more if you post this to
> rubyinstaller-devel mailing list:
>
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubyinstaller-devel
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Rubyinstaller-devel mailing list
> Rubyinstaller-devel at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubyinstaller-devel
>

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Roger Pack <rogerdpack at gmail.com>
wrote:
> here''s the fella that creates a sandbox for you [creates it for
1.8.6]
>
> http://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/tree/master
>
> try executing "rake" or "rake CHECKOUT=1"
> There may be an option for 1.9 in there--I dunno.
>
There is:

rake ruby19

But keep in mind that 1.9.1 is completely broken, I hope 1.9.2 will
have better Windows support.
> typically when I want to build 1.9 I checkout luis'' sandbox, build
1.8
> with it [once] then use its sandbox/mingw and sandbox/msys directories
> to build the "daily 1.9 snapshot"
Will work on devkit gem over this weekend, so you no longer will need
to do that :-)
> Cheers!
> -=r
>
Cheers,
-- 
Luis Lavena
AREA 17
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Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add,
but rather when there is nothing more to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry

> But keep in mind that 1.9.1 is completely broken, I hope 1.9.2 will
> have better Windows support.
>
What exactly is broken on Windows? I haven''t noticed any essential 
problem yet.

deepj

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 6:35 PM, deepj <deepjungle.maca at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> But keep in mind that 1.9.1 is completely broken, I hope 1.9.2 will
>> have better Windows support.
>>
>
> What exactly is broken on Windows? I haven''t noticed any essential
problem
> yet.
>
Unicode for directory listing, 1.9.1 self test do not pass and
''gem''
method for requiring specific gem versions doesn''t work either.

So, take that in mind when riding the 1.9 horse on Windows.
-- 
Luis Lavena
AREA 17
-
Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add,
but rather when there is nothing more to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry

> Unicode for directory listing, 1.9.1 self test do not pass and
''gem''
> method for requiring specific gem versions doesn''t work either.
Does the latest rubygems release fix this, do you know? Does Eric know about it?
-=r

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:46 AM, Roger Pack <rogerdpack at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > Unicode for directory listing, 1.9.1 self test do not pass and
''gem''
> > method for requiring specific gem versions doesn''t work
either.
>
> Does the latest rubygems release fix this, do you know? Does Eric know
about it?
nothing to do with latest rubygems release. an special "gem_prelude"
file needs to be added/updated/fixed in ruby source code.

--
Luis Lavena
AREA 17
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Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add,
but rather when there is nothing more to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry

> nothing to do with latest rubygems release. an special
"gem_prelude"
> file needs to be added/updated/fixed in ruby source code.
I should assume ruby core knows so a bug report isn''t needed? :)
-=r

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Roger Pack <rogerdpack at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> nothing to do with latest rubygems release. an special
"gem_prelude"
>> file needs to be added/updated/fixed in ruby source code.
>
> I should assume ruby core knows so a bug report isn''t needed? :)
Yup, they know, at least 3 bug reports, but 1.9.2 seems not fixed yet.

Search for "<=>" on ruby-core RedMine (or tickets created by
me).

-- 
Luis Lavena
AREA 17
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Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add,
but rather when there is nothing more to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry