From: Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@...>
Date: 2005-04-26T06:05:41+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Arachno Ruby IDE 0.5.5 for Linux

Hello Daniel,

>> >> DB> Any chance of a Solaris version anytime soon?
>> >> 
>> >> Do you mean Solaris for x86 or for SPARC workstations ?
>> 
>> DB> Either, but I was thinking sparc.
>> 
>> Sorry, no chance for sparc hardware support.
>> On this platforms you must stay with FreeRide,Eclipse,Vi or Emacs.

BD> How does the chipset matter?

It's not a chipset but another operating system with a lot of
minor things that need tuning. Is there a dnotify call for
observing file directories ? Is the signal handling the same when you
use pthreads ?  What about "/proc/<pid>/exe" to find the installed
binary.

And then you have to justify the investment in money for hardware and
the time that it takes to add another platform to the build process.
Just for a platform that is not very popular among developers. But if
you want to pay me for consulting on this issue ..... :-)

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