x64 hg.exe

Adrian Buehlmann adrian at cadifra.com
Fri Jun 22 08:18:37 CDT 2012


On 2012-06-22 14:57, Adrian Buehlmann wrote:
> On 2012-06-22 14:20, Mads Kiilerich wrote:
>> - and yes, I am a bit grumpy because you insist on neglecting the 
>> instructions on the wiki.
> 
> I think being grumpy isn't exactly helpful. And you are coming pretty
> dense across at times.
> 
> It's quite obvious that I wasn't convinced that the way things are
> written down on the wiki are perfect or final. And I don't see the point
> in running to the wiki every hour or so and writing things down while we
> are still discussing and trying.
> 
> And the wiki isn't cast in stone, I'd say. And I don't use the
> HackableMercurial completely anyway. I want to use the MS C/C++
> compiler. That's the compiler which is used by most of the developers on
> Windows. It's used by python itself and it's used by TortoiseHg. So the
> masses depend on that, and it thus makes sense to use it in the
> testsuite too.
> 
> I'm fine with the fact that you guys have an alternate toolchain
> working. Just don't be upset if there are others who would like to use
> the testsuite in a different way.
> 
> And in particular, I would like to test mercurial x64. Something which
> is lacking completely on the wiki. At the moment, using the MS C
> compiler looks like the path of least resistance to achieve that.

FWIW, the advice to install Python and then uninstall it again is a bit
incompatible with what most people do and need. For e.g. thg development
and packaging, having a Python installed is required.


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