[M3devel] release testing on Windows XP

[Jay K]

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From: jay.krell at cornell.edu
To: rcoleburn at scires.com; m3devel at elegosoft.com
Subject: RE: [M3devel] release testing on Windows XP
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:31:50 +0000



Try deleting the PKGS file of course. Management of that file is poor, across all the scripts.
Almost any version of Python will do and I highly recommend it. .cmd is a terrible programming language and Python is an excellent one. Python is also very portable. I use all the same automation across a variety of platforms.
(I still haven't gotten it to work on OpenBSD/sgimips and I do sometimes test Olaf's .sh code.)
JScript isn't so bad, and it is "built in" on essentially all Windows installs (as long as there is IE), but it isn't portable at all for command line use to Python wins again. I understand the desire to not install anything at all, but this one install provides tremendous value. Sometimes a dependency is worth it.
 
 - Jay
 


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