[skoll] GME

[Arvind S. Krishna]

Hi Don,

> Just because it hasn't been scripted successfully, doesn't mean it can't 
> be.  But that's not the point.  The point is that we'd like to use skoll 
> for more than just ACE+TAO, right?  In fact, as stated in the NSF 
> proposal, we'd like to use if in skoll.  Well, *all* the other skoll tools 
> at ISIS are windows only, so in order to do that, we need to have the 
> skoll clients run on windows.
>

I cannot agree with you more. Again, I did not mean to go against this at 
all. Was just thinking ahead...
 
> We also need them to be able to do MSVC++ builds too.  I don't think it 
> will be hard for Cemal to set it up, but since it hasn't been done/tested 
> yet, there may be some work involved.  I just gave him the details about 
> how it could/should work.  The GME team will be responsible for writing 
> tests/scripts for GME regression tests once we give them a framework that 
> works.  

Yeah agreed.

>If guitar will help, great.  But doubts about the GME testing 
> phase shouldn't have anything to do with getting skoll clients running on 
> windows, should they?
> 

Yes I get your point, they have no relation. 

Thanks,

Arvind