[Scummvm-devel] Release 1.3.0 status - 2011-05-16

[Max Horn]

Am 17.05.2011 um 16:20 schrieb Johannes Schickel:

>> I don't understand what's wrong with cross-compiling and having it done by
>> someone new. 
> 
> For merly providing builds it might be fine that it is cross-compiled, in fact 
> we even do that ourselves with buildbot, BUT when we talk about a maintainer 
> for a *desktop* platform like Windows, it seems strange why he/she should 
> cross-compile it, when he's using Windows anyway. In fact I only got the 
> feeling your friend is rather using Linux, when you started to talk about him 
> cross-compiling.
> 
> And just to be clear: The Windows maintainer should use Windows on a daily 
> base, he should be familiar with the Windows API and user standards etc. He 
> should have a possibility to test his builds of ScummVM on Windows 2k/XP and 
> Vista/7. All that helps with a stable and usable Windows port. 
> 
> Furthermore our Windows maintainer should probably be able to handle both 
> MinGW and MSVC specific problems, to assure all of our developers using either 
> of these can work just fine without needing to worry about touching backend 
> parts etc. And of course we should have a fast way of contacting him in case 
> anything goes wrong. I think there is no need to talk about the fact that he 
> should try to keep up on changes on a daily base, since it is one of our main 
> platforms.
> 
> All that is IMHO though.
> 
> Anyway I have no personal feelings against your friend, so if he thinks he can 
> handle all that, he should just drop a mail and get in contact with us 
> himself.


+1 to everything Johannes wrote.


Bye,
Max