win32utils devel - Feb 2006 - A quick announcement

Hi all,

In light of Curt''s decision to use VC++ 6 to build the latest one click
installer, along with what are undoubtedly future compatibility problems 
between old and new compilers, I think it''s best if we try to move over
the simpler packages to a pure Ruby solution using Win32API.  I have 
started that process by releasing pure Ruby versions of win32-clipboard 
and win32-sound.

In addition, I''ve started the process of moving these packages into the
toplevel CVS directory, instead of under a common win32utils directory.  
The latter falls into the ''it seemed like a good idea at the
time''
category, where I thought it would make creating a single distro 
easier.  Now I just think it''s a pain.  So, over the course of the next
couple months I''ll be moving stuff around.

I''m sure some of you are thinking, "I told you so" right
about now.  My
apologies in advance for the nuisance. 

Regards,

Dan

Hi Dan,

Daniel Berger wrote:
>In light of Curt''s decision to use VC++ 6 to build the latest one
click
>installer, along with what are undoubtedly future compatibility problems 
>between old and new compilers, I think it''s best if we try to move
over
>the simpler packages to a pure Ruby solution using Win32API.  I have 
>started that process by releasing pure Ruby versions of win32-clipboard 
>and win32-sound.
>  
>
I for one like that idea! How stable do you think is Win32 API? For some 
reason I was under the impression that we chose not to use Win32 API 
because of some issue we had in the earlier version. I could be wrong 
though. Also, what about ruby/dl as an option?
>In addition, I''ve started the process of moving these packages into
the
>toplevel CVS directory, instead of under a common win32utils directory.  
>The latter falls into the ''it seemed like a good idea at the
time''
>category, where I thought it would make creating a single distro 
>easier.  Now I just think it''s a pain.  So, over the course of the
next
>couple months I''ll be moving stuff around.
>  
>
I may be able to help you there.
>I''m sure some of you are thinking, "I told you so" right
about now.
>
I told you so :-)
>My apologies in advance for the nuisance. 
>  
>
Oh no. No apologies needed ... you did what you thought was the best. 
And did (are doing) a wonderful job of keeping them utilities coming.
>Regards,
>
>Dan
>
Looking forward,
-- shanko