Re: [Bug-gnubg] Multiprocessing: What's the current status?

[Holger]

At 09:49 05.09.2003 +0100, Ian Shaw wrote:

> What's the current status of multiprocessing in the Windows environment? I 
> haven't seen anything for a month or so, & I'm really keen to try rollouts 
> on multiple PCs. I've been holding off some large rollouts in the hope 
> that this would be available soon. Should I not my hopes up?

I'm sorry to say that it won't be too soon that it will work on Windows. 
Olivier and I had some extensive debugging sessions (since he doesn't have 
access to a Windows PC) which fixed a few things. But there is still 
missing something in the thread handling. (The worker thread runs fine but 
doesn't signal well/isn't collected.)
Another problem is that the current code still uses polling which puts a 
big load on the machine.

I think on Unix it works already (apart from the last issue). So get 
yourself Linux. ;-)

And last, Olivier is on vacation right now, but should return soon.

Regards,

        Holger

P.S. I have a pre-compiled version for Windows on my site. But the 
multi-processing does NOT work! If you want to have a look install it 
somewhere else.
http://storm.prohosting.com/gnubg/