bzr-svn tests on Windows

[David Ingamells]

Russel Winder wrote:
> I think the core development team are doing a great job, there was no
> general adverse criticism intended.
>   
hear! hear!
>
> Given that Bazaar is a strategic product for Canonical then if, for a
> small outlay, they provide a bit of infrastructure that engages more for
> love, not money engagement improving  Bazaar, it leads to a very big
> return on investment.  And Bazaar improves and its users are happier --
> a wonderful feedback loop.  It strikes me that if Martin took a proposal
> to Canonical "management" they really ought to fund a small CI farm --
> which could of course be used for any and all of the strategic
> products.  
>
>   
I don't know about all of Canonical's activities, but I'm under the 
impression that their prime focus is on Ubuntu platforms.

Speaking from personal experience, the outlay and human involvement 
needed to support multiple test platforms covering the major OS's is not 
a "small outlay". Even looking at "Windows", there are actually several 
OS's still in general use and they all have their own issues (ME, NT, 
2000, XP, Vista, ...). On the Linux front there is the problem caused by 
fragmentation. Ubuntu, RedHat, SuSe ... This should not be seen as a 
'don't do it', more as a do-able for a couple of the major players, but 
don't expect full coverage.