[ruby-core:18266] Re: Definition of "Support levels", 1.9.1 supported platforms and recruitment for platform maintainers

HI!  This answers the question that I asked a few days ago, thank you!

I do like the idea of support levels.

Yugui (Yuki Sonoda) wrote:
> These 5 platforms are now "not supported", they can be "best effort" if
> a maintainer appears.
> * OpenVMS
> * WinCE
> * OS/2
> * bcc32
> * Classic MacOS
> 

> The tasks which a maintainer should do are:
>  * Subscribe [e-mail] list.
>    * Also, subscribe [e-mail] if you can read Japanese.
>  * Port thread_{win32,pathread}.c to the platform if it has no
>    implementation of pthread.
>  * Resolve other build errors and platform specific problems.
>  * Constantly build and test the trunk version of Ruby on it.
>  * Effort to succeed in "make test-all" by 20 Dec.
> 
> Please send a mail to [e-mail] list and run for a
> maintainer if you can.

I am actually interested in seeing bcc32 stick around, at least from the
idea that applications built with bcc32 can use the static library or
the DLL built for Windows.  That way, it can be used for embedding Ruby
into Borland C++ Builder/ Codegear Turbo C++/ Codegear Developer
Studio.. I really think that for the first time in years, it looks like
Codegear has a plan for the tools :)

That said, this is the first time that I would be involved in a project
of this size.  I have worked on embedded operating systems (ITRON,
T-Kernel, MicroC/OS-II, etc.) - even in porting, etc. but this would be
the first time working on such a level within Windows XP/ Vista.
Therefore, I would like to propose that I stay more in the backup sense
- to support an official maintainer or to run the builds, tests, etc.

I guess I could buy a machine to support this effort, that's one thing..
but I may need a bit more help keeping things running.

I hope I'm able to be useful in the limited time that I have available
to invest in this effort... though I really do hope that someone else
(who understands these issues better will join in).

Best wishes,
Mohit.