VMMaker organzation (was: Re: [Vm-dev] Fwd:Include CryptographicPrimitives In VM's - DESPlugin)

[Ron Teitelbaum]

Andreas,

Yeah we can do that already but it's been a major pain in the pa-toody too!
That's why we want to go with an internal vm code.  We lost one platform
plugin and had to make a new one, and now with the des smalltalk
representation if the plugin is not there it still works, just really badly
(but good enough for testing).  

I think we are fine for a temp solution and can handle most sophisticated
users as is, but for a long term solution I was hoping to have the VM
include it.  No rush especially since we have more to add.  Good luck with
debugging the problem.  

Maybe after reading Dave's docs I'll even understand what cc1 is!  When all
else fails check your compiler options!

Thanks again,
Ron

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vm-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:vm-dev-
> bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Andreas Raab
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 7:30 PM
> To: Squeak Virtual Machine Development Discussion
> Subject: Re: VMMaker organzation (was: Re: [Vm-dev] Fwd:Include
> CryptographicPrimitives In VM's - DESPlugin)
> 
> 
> Ron Teitelbaum wrote:
> > By the way what are the chances that those people that are currently
> > maintaining platform VMs will actually be building new VM's?  Is there a
> > schedule or process, or just random recompilation?  (I'm not asking that
> a
> > new vm be created since we have more plug-ins to contribute yet, I was
> just
> > wondering)
> 
> It's pretty random depending on whether time allows playing around with
> stuff or not. Like, for me, I'm currently facing this stupid cc1 crash
> when I try to compile a VM and downgrading to a previous version to
> figure out what exactly went wrong where has proven to be an
> extraordinary pain in the rear end.
> 
> If you want to update your plugin(s) on your own, you should get a build
> environment set up and build them externally (so people can use them as
> drop-in replacement).
> 
> Cheers,
>    - Andreas