Re: [ANNOUNCE] Gerrit Code Review 2.0.3

From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Feb 17, 2009, 17:09 UTC
Message-ID: <20090217170915.GJ18525@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0902171743280.6185@intel-tinevez-2-302>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Jacob Helwig wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 07:18, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Something is busted in the IE AJAX code used by Gerrit Code Review.
> > 
> > I've found IEs4Linux helpful for debugging IE-only issues under Linux.
> > 
> > http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page
> > 
> > I don't recall, off hand, if it'll provide IE 7 (and the site isn't
> > working for me right now, so I can't confirm this).  It does provide
> > IE 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0, however.
> 
> If I understand Shawn (and the motto "scratch your own itch") correctly, 
> Shawn was not so much interested in being pointed to a way of running IE 
> himself, but more in people who absolutely want to run IE themselves to go 
> and fix the issues.

Indeed.

There are probably also license issues with running IE under Linux. IIRC Microsoft only licenses IE for use under Windows itself, and with a valid Windows OS license. As a professional developer, I do actually try to respect the license under which software is delivered to me, even if I have no respect for the vendor... ;-)

-- 
Shawn.