Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] resubmission of win64 patch

[Christian Kellermann]

* felix winkelmann <address@hidden> [121211 21:10]:
> > 
> >> Moreover, we can not expect that someone will come up who tests
> >> the change. IME that happens rarely.
> > 
> > I generally test all the changes I sign off on.
> 
> I know, but in this case I was not talking about the
> chicken developers.
> 
> > 
> >> People usually appear suddenly,
> >> contribute something and vanish again. This isn't the worst model,
> >> though. But one has face the fact that in the end it is yourself
> >> who has to do the work.
> > 
> > True.  But the fact is that very few people test Windows or put effort
> > into fixing bugs under it.  That's the direct reason why our latest
> > release is broken under Windows.
> 
> Still, we need to support it. Nobody enjoys working under Windows, but
> it's an important platform to support, so we should do everything to
> make it easier to use. That will also increase the chance that people
> get motivated to help with the testing.

Even Brad Pitt uses chicken nowaday and tested the patch, we are
truly mainstream now...

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In the world, there is nothing more submissive and weak than
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