RE: [MacPerl-Porters] On with the show; Volunteers Wanted!

[PVHP@forte.com]

Matthias Neeracher wrote:

> So, my first impression of the new build is that it fulfills its objective:
> Building (at least up to miniperl) now is achievable for somebody with an ftp
> client and some programming experience.
> 
> I'm woroing on some GUSI patches, afterwards I'll do a small update of the
> build to correct the UnPreload thing and look at Peter's Configuration script.

I hope to be able to release that real soon now.  It currently only 
handles being run from the perl source folder and does not yet handle
the case where it is run from the :macos: sub folder.  In case my schedule 
slips note that it is on the web (and ftp) at:

 http://www.best.com/~pvhp/mac/macperl5.6.0/Configure.MPW

 ftp://shell8.ba.best.com/pub/pvhp/public_html/mac/macperl5.6.0/Configure.MPW

note that best.com apparently defaults to a MIME type of "unknown/binary"
or somesuch and you may be asked to save that file right away:  try to
ensure that it gets LF --> CR converted and from within MPW do:

   Setfile -c 'MPS ' -t 'TEXT'

or somesuch :-)  At any rate, I hope to announce a better 
version "real soon now(tm)".

> Meanwhile, there's a rather tedious task waiting that I'd love to delegate:
> Porting the perl test suite (Groan!). Ideally, a couple of people would split
> up the work between them. Specifically, the following should happen:
> 
>  - If a test works, rejoice.
>  - If a test can be made to work without stopping to work on other platforms,
>    make it so.
>  - If a test fails due to MacOS limitations (e.g., trying to add additional
>    hard links to a file), document the fact in a separate file.
>  - If a test would crash MacPerl or disable it due to MacOS limitations,
>    disable it for MacOS.
>  - If a test should work but doesn'ty, report it to me as a bug.
> 
> Any volunteers?

Why not simply use this list for discussion?  I cannot volunteer
for the whole thing (there are some important patches for VMS for
the imminent(?) release of 5.6.1 that I will need to work on too)
but I'd like to help as best I can.

Peter Prymmer


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