Re: Windows support

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Aug 2, 2007, 10:45 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708021134070.14781@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <f8rv65$1b3$1@sea.gmane.org>

Hi,

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Asger Ottar Alstrup wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Jul 2007, Dmitry Kakurin wrote:
> > 
> > > How serious are you guys about Windows support?
> > 
> > Okay, let's talk business:
> > 
> > Pay me decently, and you will have to wait for a few weeks.
> 
> I propose that you set up a fundable:
> 
> http://fundable.com/
> 
> This is a system where anyone can contribute money to the project, but not
> have to pay unless the required amount of money has been contributed in total.
> 
> Figure out your price, describe what you will deliver, and announce it.

I am not that much interested in money, really. But I do want to get something back in return for my efforts. And no, this does not include whining and complaints.

It includes useful bug reports. It includes a willingness to keep working with me until the bugs are fleshed out. It possibly includes making (and maintaining!) an installer.

At the moment, I am happy to say that Git works for me. Even on Windows. I have no problems with the command line, and both Cygwin and MinGW Git do their job reliably and joyfully here.

But there might come a time when I get into a position much like Shawn, when I have to work with Aunt and Uncle Tillies, who are not as clueful and intelligent^W^W^Wused to the command line as I am.

So I want to exploit Open Source, meaning that I give _you_ something, and _you_ give me something back. And that might very well be just a suggestion "make the commit button stick out; I did not find it, since there are so many buttons". Or a nice comic "how to use git". Also a beer is appreciated. Or whatever.

My complaint "let's talk business" was some (frustrated) way to get the attention of people who do _not_ give something back, and are astonished that just complaining will not get them anywhere.

FWIW I just applied for the project "Git on MSys" on SourceForge. Let's see how this will work out.

Oh, and I will _not_ do such a thing as think about what you might want, and then proclaim what would be my price for it. You _know_ what you want, so why don't you just tell me, as a detailed list?

Ciao, Dscho