Over 70 REBOL Experimental Binaries Available Re:(3)
[1/11] from: holger::rebol::com at: 27-Jul-2000 10:44
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> Still lookin' for the BeOS /View binary.
Working on it :).
So far only the experimental builds for Unix are up, because those we can do
automatically. All others require some "human intervention" and therefore take
longer.
We will try to get the following non-Unix builds up within the next day or two
-- IF we do not encounter any problems, i.e. no promises yet.
- Amiga 68000 and 68020+: Core, View
- BeOS R5 x86 and PPC: Core, View
- MacOS 7/8 PPC, 68k, FAT: Core
- MacOS X: Core
- Windows 95/98/NT/2000: Core, View, Command
- QNX RTOS V4: Core
--
Holger Kruse
[holger--rebol--com]
[2/11] from: rchristiansen:pop:isdfa:sei-it at: 27-Jul-2000 13:17
> So far only the experimental builds for Unix are up, because those we can
> do automatically. All others require some "human intervention" and
> therefore take longer.
I figured as much. You guys are fantastic in your ability to work cross-
platform the way you do. You must be really well organized. Maybe you
should write a book on cross-platform development techniques.
-Ryan
[3/11] from: greg_piney:mcgraw-hill at: 27-Jul-2000 14:50
Ok,
So now how do I get my experimental version of /Command for Solaris
to issue a command like: "useradd -d /export/home/fredd fredd" from
within a Rebol script??????????
TIA,
Greg Piney
Standard and Poor's Web Engineering
[carl--rebol--com] on 07/26/2000 08:48:31 PM
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Subject [REBOL] Over 70 REBOL Experimental Binaries
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Over 70 REBOL Experimental Binaries Available
Hello all:
We are proud to announce the launching of the REBOL
experimental build process.
In order to improve our testing process, we have
developed (using REBOL of course) a fully automated
build and release pipeline that allows us to put out
software more often. With the press of a key we are now
able to rebuild and upload experimental versions of
REBOL that contain the latest bug fixes and enhancements.
You benefit from more frequent releases. We benefit
from the testing and feedback that you provide.
At this time, over 70 separate REBOL binaries are being
made available from our automated build system, and you
can download these binaries directly from our web site.
However, in order to achieve this more rapid software
release process, some sacrifices are required:
The experimental builds have only received rudimentary
testing before being published. Also, at this time we
have not enacted an automated process to track the
changes evident in these versions of REBOL, so the
features of the build may not be immediately apparent.
Additionally, some of the builds may not be equivalent
in some features to others. Some of the experimental
REBOL/command builds do not all have database
connectivity, and the type of database connectivity may
differ across platforms.
The experimental builds contain bug fixes for some
commonly reported problems. Please submit bug
reports for all problems you encounter using the
experimental builds.
All files are provided under license of our end user
license agreement and beta test agreements. Currently,
our experimental builds have 30 day beta expiration
periods.
The list of experimental builds can be found at:
http://www.rebol.com/xpers/xpers.html
We don't expect these experimental builds to be
Frankensteins or anything. They're likely to be as
stable as the last release of REBOL, but with anything
experimental: use at your own risk.
REBOL team
[4/11] from: carl:rebol at: 26-Jul-2000 17:48
Over 70 REBOL Experimental Binaries Available
Hello all:
We are proud to announce the launching of the REBOL
experimental build process.
In order to improve our testing process, we have
developed (using REBOL of course) a fully automated
build and release pipeline that allows us to put out
software more often. With the press of a key we are now
able to rebuild and upload experimental versions of
REBOL that contain the latest bug fixes and enhancements.
You benefit from more frequent releases. We benefit
from the testing and feedback that you provide.
At this time, over 70 separate REBOL binaries are being
made available from our automated build system, and you
can download these binaries directly from our web site.
However, in order to achieve this more rapid software
release process, some sacrifices are required:
The experimental builds have only received rudimentary
testing before being published. Also, at this time we
have not enacted an automated process to track the
changes evident in these versions of REBOL, so the
features of the build may not be immediately apparent.
Additionally, some of the builds may not be equivalent
in some features to others. Some of the experimental
REBOL/command builds do not all have database
connectivity, and the type of database connectivity may
differ across platforms.
The experimental builds contain bug fixes for some
commonly reported problems. Please submit bug
reports for all problems you encounter using the
experimental builds.
All files are provided under license of our end user
license agreement and beta test agreements. Currently,
our experimental builds have 30 day beta expiration
periods.
The list of experimental builds can be found at:
http://www.rebol.com/xpers/xpers.html
We don't expect these experimental builds to be
Frankensteins or anything. They're likely to be as
stable as the last release of REBOL, but with anything
experimental: use at your own risk.
REBOL team
[5/11] from: ralph:abooks at: 27-Jul-2000 9:17
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Bless you for the BDSI releases!
--Ralph
[6/11] from: tim:johnsons-web at: 26-Jul-2000 17:47
Hey!!
This is really exciting Carl!
And and I can just barely imagine how much work
this must be to set this all up.
Here's a thought.... something that programmers
might pay some money for...
The ability to compile Rebol binaries into
C, C++ etc. It would extend legacy code
with all of rebols features. I'd sure
like to be able to do that with either
Windows or Linux Platforms.
I could foresee testing code with the interpreter,
with all of those advantages, then compiling it
into an executable, with those advantages.
Best of both worlds, y'think?
Keep up the good work!
Regards
Tim
At 05:48 PM 7/26/00 -0700, you wrote:
[7/11] from: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 27-Jul-2000 7:17
Hi Carl,
just two comments:
1) Hope Windoze version will be up anytime soon too :-)
2) I would also like to hope you will solve "what's new, what's got
fixed, known bugs" descriptions - it would be very handy ...
Cool system anyway ...
-pekr-
[8/11] from: norsepower:uswest at: 27-Jul-2000 1:46
Still lookin' for the BeOS /View binary.
8-)
[9/11] from: robert:muench:robertmuench at: 27-Jul-2000 0:33
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [carl--rebol--com] [mailto:[carl--rebol--com]]
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> able to rebuild and upload experimental versions of
> REBOL that contain the latest bug fixes and enhancements.
Hi, I always thought that you don't use ordinary makefiles. I was
thinking about this too. Do you think it's possible to release the
build process scripts? I'm sure a lot of (open-source) projects would
benefit from this. Anyone else interested in a Rebol based 'automake'
system? Robert
[10/11] from: deryk:iitowns at: 27-Jul-2000 17:49
[tim--johnsons-web--com] wrote:
> Hey!!
> This is really exciting Carl!
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> into an executable, with those advantages.
> Best of both worlds, y'think?
I would have to agree with this request. Companies like to protect
their IP and being able to compile it in one way or another would aid in
that issue.
Regards,
Deryk
[11/11] from: kracik:mbox:dkm:cz at: 1-Aug-2000 11:18
Hi,
if you haven't figured it out yet, this works in Linux:
call/wait "useradd -d /export/home/fredd fredd"
--
Michal Kracik
[greg_piney--mcgraw-hill--com] wrote:
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