On Nov 23, 2007 2:18 AM, Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu <<a href="mailto:chad-jm@hower.org">chad-jm@hower.org</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
If one wants to develop - what are the options for getting hardware outside<br>of North America?</blockquote><div><br>As James mentioned, a sizable number of our developers are outside the US. The developer program is pretty nation-neutral. :)
<br><br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Will the emulation "Builds" be improved?</blockquote><div><br>Yes! There has been a 'Real Soon Now' mini-project to streamline and improve the emulation builds. Sugar-jhbuild has been (and can be, though to a lesser degree) complicated to get running. Doubly so on Windows or Mac. To tap into the great Open Source developers and the millions of testers and volunteers on those systems, emulation via VMWare/Parrallels/VirtualPC/Bochs/QEMU is the best way we can reach them. I won't say I know when these changes will land, but I assume after
Update.1/2 land, and some of the focus can lift from supporting core features, to longer-term projects, we should hear some noise on this again.<br><br>The more bugs you report, the better these builds will get in the meantime. Hope to keep hearing from you! :)
<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I'd like to see an option where we have ready to go Bochs/VMWare/VPC<br>whatever images for people to see.
</blockquote><div><br>This is the idea, just no one has had the time to dedicate to 1. report what isn't working in emulation and 2. finding ways to streamline the process.<br><br></div></div>-- <br>Michael Burns * Student
<br>Open Source {Education} Lab