Torsten Bergmann wrote:
Is nuking the Win32VMMaker and loading the one from "platforms\win32\build\Win32VMMaker.st" still required as described on http://squeakvm.org/win32/compiling.html?
Looks like the code is already integrated in VMMaker, so is this obsolete?
Correct. I'll update the page.
- Do you still use the ToolChain with the "old" GCC 2.95-2 as provided on Squeakvm.org or is there something newer than http://squeakvm.org/win32/release/Squeak-Win32-Tools-1.2.zip
I'm still using the same version. However, I'll make an "inofficial" comment that the main reason for using this version of gcc (performance) has gone away with the JIT and we're looking at alternatives that provide better debugging support.
Is the quicktime plugin running on Win32? Last posting I've found:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/squeak-list/3325977
and there is also
http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/study/courses/OMP/public/software/sqcdrom2/Packages/... but the changeset is gone
The Quicktime plugin is currently unsupported. I don't know what it takes to make it work. If you send me the necessary support code I'll add it.
When I make the freetype plugin an internal plugin (to distribute VM with all plugins + image only) I get:
./obj/vm/FT2Plugin.lib(FT2Plugin.o.b): In function `initialiseModule': //C/squeak/vmmaker/vm/3115/testbuild/obj/FT2Plugin/../.././src/FT2Plug in/FT2Plugin.c:419: undefined reference to `FT_Init_FreeType'
I haven't tried to build it internally. I know it works if you build it externally though.
- Are there any plans for having Alien Plugin for Win32 in the Win32 SqueakVM distribution? What is the state here?
Same as before. Generally speaking, I don't build VMs from changesets patching VMMaker (it's a very fragile way to come up with the same result each time you need a build) so unless the required Alien patches are integrated into VMMaker I won't spend any time on it.
- Any plans regarding fixing the "service" stuff (see my posting in "Win32 VM Service facility broken?")
No concrete plans right now but if you send code I'll use it ;-)
Cheers, - Andreas