[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #118: r.patch fails on WinGRASS RC6 and earlier

[Michael Barton]

Actually, WinGRASS RC6 works pretty well on vista. This is the first gotcha
we've encountered with the new build.

Michael


On 4/9/08 1:41 AM, "GRASS GIS" <trac at osgeo.org> wrote:

> #118: r.patch fails on WinGRASS RC6 and earlier
> -----------------------+----------------------------------------------------
>   Reporter:  cmbarton  |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
>       Type:  defect    |      Status:  new
>   Priority:  critical  |   Milestone:  6.3.0
>  Component:  default   |     Version:  6.3.0 RCs
> Resolution:            |    Keywords:
> -----------------------+----------------------------------------------------
> Comment (by 4everskiff):
> 
>  Replying to [comment:2 cmbarton]:
>> Marco,
>> 
>> It's failed on several student machines here. I don't have a windows
>  box, but will ask others to try. One of the systems that it failed on is
>  running Vista. I don't know if another one is Vista or XP.
>> 
>> Michael
> 
>  Hi Michael,
> 
>  I think that Vista is the key. I build and test WinGRASS on XP, so I
>  cannot figure out how does it run on Vista. This links to an issue I
>  already pointed out in the list: it's a fact that any professionist or
>  scientist who works on Windows actually still uses xp or 2000, but the
>  future is on Vista, since new machines (specially notebooks) seem to not
>  work with xp, due to unreleased libraries for xp to manage new HD
>  architectures. Should we start to think to build on both Vista and XP, and
>  thus release two versions of WinGRASS? I think that, at least, we need to
>  intensively test on Vista.
> 
>  See also Glynn's point of view: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-
>  dev/2008-March/036820.html
> 
>  Marco

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Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
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School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity
Arizona State University

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