Re: [GMOD-devel] Re: [Gmod-schema] Re: loading OBO formatted files

[Chris M. <cj...@fr...>]

I agree, and I think the architecture-WG should stay focused on its main
task. Platform independence is one of the many factors such as speed,
maintainability and ease of use that the arch-WG will factor in its final
recommendations. RPMs-vs-CPAN and similar issues are definitely not within
its remit.

On Fri, 20 May 2005, Allen Day wrote:

> I agree with this.
>
> On Fri, 20 May 2005, Gavin Sherlock wrote:
>
> > I think it makes a great deal of sense to have 'Primary platforms' a
> > regression against which is a showstopper, and secondary platforms.
> > For the secondary platforms, a maintainer, who has a vested interest in
> > that platform, has to step up to the job of keeping code running on
> > that platform.  The hope would be that there would be something like
> > 3-5 Primary platforms, that would cover 90% of the users.  It's simply
> > not feasible to support every hardware/OS/Perl combination under the
> > sun (no pun intended), and simply results in wasted resources.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Gavin
> >
> > On May 20, 2005, at 2:43 PM, Eric Just wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >> If this is a concern, you probably should have filibustered the
> > >> appointment to head the architecture working group of a guy who runs
> > >> chado on top of Oracle on a Windows box :-)
> > >
> > > Hahaha -- hard to filibuster a sole volunteer ;-)
> > >
> > > Seriously, though i think that covering a wide range of architectures
> > > is a worthy goal and will increase usership and lead to better
> > > software.  I don't think it will be impossible.   Installability on
> > > said other platforms is a real issue.  I would not have been able to
> > > do it without the make ( or nmake in my case ) utility behind it all.
> > > Maybe our first discussion in the architecture working group should be
> > > in what capacity other platforms are supported.  And I do believe
> > > working on platform independence will make for better software in the
> > > end.  That being said, I think RPM is a great tool for most users, it
> > > just shouldn't be the only way to install something.
> > >
> > >
> > > my two cents
> > > Eric
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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