Re: [atlas-devel] Windows help desperately needed

[Matthew B. <mat...@gm...>]

Hi,

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:28 PM, R. Clint Whaley <rcw...@ls...> wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Is there anyone out there that uses Windows for ATLAS work?  As you may
> know, I have lost my funding for pure ATLAS support, and Windows support
> is what I'm least effective at and find most frustrating.  This is
> mainly due to my not being conversant in windows issues since I haven't
> used windows for anything other than ATLAS support in something like 10
> years.
>
> Under the present circs, I do not believe I can justify spending time
> supporting ATLAS on windows.  I will try to continue making sure stable
> releases work there, since that only has me crying once per release
> cycle (and often after the main release is done), but even that is not
> for sure.
>
> If there are knowledgeable folks who use atlas/windows, I would like to
> have somebody or group of somebodies help Windows users, and to tell me
> when there are problems and maybe even suggest fixes.
>
> So, is anyone willing/able to help here?  Otherwise, I may tell users
> "the ATLAS stable release works for me on windows, but you are otherwise
> all alone" at present, and I may even drop this long-term if I it
> doesn't work well enough.

Sorry to be slow to reply.  I can't claim deep knowledge of windows,
but I do have a couple of machines I use as buildbots that you could
surely use, if that would help?  Maybe there are others on the list
who have access to windows machines who can make testing easier?

Cheers,

Matthew