Comments on: IT @ Symbian http://blog.symbian.org/2009/09/17/it-symbian/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David Durant http://blog.symbian.org/2009/09/17/it-symbian/#comment-3936 David Durant Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:56:59 +0000 http://blog.symbian.org/?p=2261#comment-3936 Hi William. That's a good statement of intention. What I'd like to see is a simple table of the tools (perhaps broken down by type such as "compiler" or "dynamical analysis") that are currently on offer from / recommended by Symbian with a column for Windows support, another for Mac support and finally for Linux support. That way we can easily see how far Symbian needs to go to really become a multi-platform development environment. Hi William. That’s a good statement of intention. What I’d like to see is a simple table of the tools (perhaps broken down by type such as “compiler” or “dynamical analysis”) that are currently on offer from / recommended by Symbian with a column for Windows support, another for Mac support and finally for Linux support.

That way we can easily see how far Symbian needs to go to really become a multi-platform development environment.

]]> By: William Roberts http://blog.symbian.org/2009/09/17/it-symbian/#comment-3935 William Roberts Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:53:04 +0000 http://blog.symbian.org/?p=2261#comment-3935 I *am* responsible for how the OS is built, and we still use Windows. My approximate order of priorites for making stuff work is 1) Symbian^3 2) GCCE 3) Building on Linux I'm hoping that most of the real work for 2 and 3 is done by the community, and I've posted <a href="http://developer.symbian.org/forum/showthread.php?p=8518#post8518" rel="nofollow">some indications</a> of what we can do to help make it happen. I *am* responsible for how the OS is built, and we still use Windows.

My approximate order of priorites for making stuff work is

1) Symbian^3
2) GCCE
3) Building on Linux

I’m hoping that most of the real work for 2 and 3 is done by the community, and I’ve posted some indications of what we can do to help make it happen.

]]> By: Ian McDonald http://blog.symbian.org/2009/09/17/it-symbian/#comment-3932 Ian McDonald Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:57:44 +0000 http://blog.symbian.org/?p=2261#comment-3932 Hi David/Kensai Thanks for your comments and kind words. I am just responsible for the IT infrastructure that people use, not for the Symbian OS and how that is built. That is something I definitely want to learn more about though. As far as OS usage goes we have a mixture of Linux, Windows and OS X on the desktop go. I would like to see more people using Linux and that is something I am working on. I certainly will talk more about our IT infrastructure in later posts. Ian Hi David/Kensai

Thanks for your comments and kind words. I am just responsible for the IT infrastructure that people use, not for the Symbian OS and how that is built. That is something I definitely want to learn more about though.

As far as OS usage goes we have a mixture of Linux, Windows and OS X on the desktop go. I would like to see more people using Linux and that is something I am working on. I certainly will talk more about our IT infrastructure in later posts.

Ian

]]> By: Kensai http://blog.symbian.org/2009/09/17/it-symbian/#comment-3925 Kensai Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:06:50 +0000 http://blog.symbian.org/?p=2261#comment-3925 Hello Ian. It's great you people present yourselves lately so we can know who to thank (or blame, it's part of the game!) for the various Symbian modules that assemble the whole OS. :) <blockquote>At the Symbian Foundation we use a lot of open source software internally and I’m looking to increase this further.</blockquote> It would be great if you could list/present some of this software. In time, of course, no hurries. Hello Ian. It’s great you people present yourselves lately so we can know who to thank (or blame, it’s part of the game!) for the various Symbian modules that assemble the whole OS. :)

At the Symbian Foundation we use a lot of open source software internally and I’m looking to increase this further.

It would be great if you could list/present some of this software. In time, of course, no hurries.

]]> By: David Durant http://blog.symbian.org/2009/09/17/it-symbian/#comment-3924 David Durant Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:57:58 +0000 http://blog.symbian.org/?p=2261#comment-3924 Hi Ian. Thanks for the introduction. It would be great to see a breakdown, between yourself and Paul B., of the environment currently needed to build the OS into what will run on Linux and what is still Windows specific (and what runs in WINE). What's the breakdown of people using Linux / Window within the Foundation and are there any plans to change? Hi Ian. Thanks for the introduction. It would be great to see a breakdown, between yourself and Paul B., of the environment currently needed to build the OS into what will run on Linux and what is still Windows specific (and what runs in WINE).

What’s the breakdown of people using Linux / Window within the Foundation and are there any plans to change?

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