Re: Error compiling Cairo 0.92 and how to fix it

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Aug 20, 2006, at 4:47 PM, Sergei Steshenko wrote:

> --- Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch gmx de> wrote:
>
> > These occur because you don't have the SVG backend installed, and
> > because backend-specific enum-related stuff wasn't properly  
> > protected in
> > Cairo 0.92.  I just committed something to HEAD of CVS that I think
> > fixes this.  Please test.
>
> Regarding
>
> "I just committed something to HEAD of CVS that I think fixes  
> this.  Please test."
>
> - does it mean that the developers do not run test compilation and  
> 'make test' before releasing the stuff to general public ?
>
> If yes, why ?

Please try to remember that the developers of this project[1] do the  
work on their own hardware in their spare time.  We do not have the  
resources to test all configurations on all platforms.

We do, in fact run the test suites before committing changes and  
making releases.  Given the scarcity of resources, we have to make  
guesses at what will be the most common configurations, and test  
those.  This bug has occurred in a configuration that is obviously  
not set up in Torsten's development sandbox.

If you'd like to help out by testing other configurations, then,  
please, by all means, do.



[1]  In fact, i think Torsten has been doing everything by himself  
for the last several months.  Anyone who lives near him should buy  
him a beer.


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