Re: [ros-dev] Getting a Windows Server 2003 license for the project?

[Colin Finck]

Ged Murphy wrote:
>   I think it's much more important to have a Windows
> build machine than it is
>  to have an remote machine devs can use as as a test bed. 
Olaf's Windows build slaves are currently being integrated into our 
BuildBot.
As stated, I could also donate and set up a Windows XP license to be 
used as another Buildslave if there is a need.


>   I can't see how can
>  you be a ros/nt dev without access to at least one NT5 box. 
Change NT5 to NT5.2 and the list should become quite short.

As long as no one proposes a major change, we are still heading for 
NT5.2 compatibility (at least kernel-wise). And then we have to verify 
that all our API implementations are not just compatible to some NT5 
version but 100% compatible to NT5.2.

Encountering an NT5.2-incompatible API can be as easy as testing 
screensavers (see r28953/r28955). Tell me how to avoid such mistakes in 
the future if we don't consequently test against NT5.2.


- Colin