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

[Peter Bex]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 09:08:25PM +0100, Felix wrote:
> > 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.

I agree.  Windows sucks but needs to be supported.  However, since
nobody among the -hackers cares enough to sign off on the patch,
you can just push it.  This ^ was my original intended message.

Cheers,
Peter
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