[Xapian-discuss] New stable release series -Xapian1.2.0 released

[Chris Olds]

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:32 AM, Charlie Hull <charlie at juggler.net> wrote:

> On 18/05/2010 11:12, emmanuel at engelhart.org wrote:
>
>> Le mar 18/05/10 12:10, emmanuel at engelhart.org a écrit:
>>
>>> Le mar 18/05/10 11:49, "Charlie Hull" charlie at j
>>> uggler.net a écrit:>  On 14/05/2010 18:29, Emmanuel Engelhart
>>> wrote:>  >  -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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>>>>> Le 14/05/2010 13:31, Charlie Hull a
>>>>>
>>>> �crit>  :
>>>
>>>> On 29/04/2010 08:22, Olly Betts
>>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've uploaded Xapian 1.2.0
>>>>>>
>>>>> (including>  Search::Xapian 1.2.0.0).  This
>>>
>>>> is the first release in a new stable
>>>>>>
>>>>> release>  series!
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've uploaded Visual C++ build files
>>>>>>
>>>>> and>  prebuilt Windows binaries for
>>>
>>>> 1.2.0 to:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you really much both for the work, I'm
>>>>>
>>>> really>  happy to be able now
>>>
>>>> to use xapian 1.2.0 and the new chert backend
>>>>
>>> in>  prod.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>  I have tested the win compilation scripts and
>>>>>
>>>> they>  work by me for what I
>>>
>>>> need.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have only detected a problem with the
>>>>>
>>>> following>  files:
>>>
>>>> * win32_expand.mak
>>>>
>>>>> * win32_unicode.mak
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems that the empty line after "# DO NOT
>>>>>
>>>> DELETE>  THIS LINE -- xapdep
>>>
>>>> depends on it" disturbs the compilation process
>>>>
>>> and>  without removing it
>>>
>>>> the compilation fails.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Emmanuel for the feedback - can you confirm
>>>>
>>> which platform and>  compiler you're using?
>>>
>>> I use MS VC++ 2008 under Windows XP.
>>>
>>
>> Additional info, maybe essential.
>> I compile in a MSYS shell.
>>
>> Emmanuel
>>
>>
>>  OK - it works well for me under VC 2008 and XP, so maybe it's MSYS and
> some Unix/Windows line termination character issue...anyway I'll remove the
> empty lines in future versions which should prevent this happening again.
> Thanks again for the information!
>
> Cheers
>
> Charlie


Has anyone done a 64-bit build of Xapian on Windows?
I'm about to try (with Python bindings), and if anyone has experience with
this configuration, it would be great to hear about any pitfalls.

/cco