[time-nuts] Lady Heather's Fat Client

Steve Rooke sar10538 at gmail.com
Sun Jan 3 12:06:07 UTC 2010


Well I can do any testing on my main systems running under OpenSuse
but I'm also quite happy to build up other distributions to test it.

What does the client end code look like wrt display, how is that
currently being done?

Steve Rooke

2010/1/1 Bob Camp <lists at cq.nu>:
> Hi
>
> I took a look at the server code last night. It is indeed pretty straightforward. It also is commented / documented in a style that makes sense (THANKS!!!!).
>
> Since the server side is pretty much stand alone from the client, I think it makes sense to start there. The client is still in the middle of being worked on, so the server is unlikely to change in the middle of a port. That of course assumes the port is done before the temperature control code is ready to be folded in.
>
> The only issue I see with the server is that there isn't a lot of coding to be done, but there is a lot of compiling and testing on various  platforms needed. I would suggest that one person do the POSIX code and the rest of us look at what happens.
>
> A reasonable set of platforms to try this on (at least for the server):
>
> 1) FreeBSD (to get it onto a Soekris box or something like it)
> 2) OS-X (lots of older Macs running around ....)
> 3) Several flavors of Linux
>
> I'm set up to try things on 1, 2 and a couple flavors of 3.
>
> So who wants to do what? I'm a better candidate for testing than coding.
>
> If everybody wants to drop by the house later to do the ports, I've got enough for everybody to drink in stock.  I've even got a bottle of Sauterne Magnus ...
>
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Dec 31, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Magnus Danielson wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Steve Rooke wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>> Which only shows to tell that using Wine is just a poor mans option and not
>>>> a long-term option. I migth consider a port.
>>> Agreed, that's why I'm bringing this up.
>>
>> The server side and for that matter related lower level and core should not be too hard.
>>
>>> Well, if your having a port I might join you or perhaps a decent
>>> amontillado would be nice as well.
>>
>> Hmm, I may have a bottle of Sauternes laying around... several infact.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Magnus
>>
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