Windows Support

[cadorn]

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[japj]

Hi, I just ran into the following on Windows:

npm install -g sm

....

node.js:201
        throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
              ^
TypeError: Object #<EventEmitter> has no method 'getuid'
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Dropbox\dev\bin\node_modules\sm\scripts\postinstall.js:10:59)
    at Module._compile (module.js:441:26)
    at Object..js (module.js:459:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:348:31)
    at Function._load (module.js:308:12)
    at Array.0 (module.js:479:10)
    at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:192:40)

npm ERR! sm@0.1.76 postinstall: `node ./scripts/postinstall.js`
npm ERR! `cmd "/c" "node ./scripts/postinstall.js"` failed with 1
npm ERR!
...
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.17
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.21
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! message sm@0.1.76 postinstall: `node ./scripts/postinstall.js`
npm ERR! message `cmd "/c" "node ./scripts/postinstall.js"` failed with 1
npm ERR! errno {}
npm ERR!

[cadorn]

@japj FYI, This issue will remain open until windows support is complete.

The getuid issue is the first one that comes up at this time. There are more.

If anyone is interested in helping with windows support, please express your interest here and we can get a team going to bring and maintain windows support for sourcemint.

[japj]

I'm up for working on Windows support (if only to get cloud9 running there 'out of the box').

Do you have an idea or list of the things you expect that need to be done?

[cadorn]

@japj If it is for cloud9 we don't need to get sm running on windows. See: https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9/issues/1407

[japj]

@cadorn what about people that want to contribute to cloud9 on windows?
and it might be a good 'testcase' to get working?

[cadorn]

@japj Right. Feel free to jump on http://groups.google.com/group/sourcemint to start a thread. We can discuss the various things that may be involved and where to start.

[gero3]

Actually I'm also willing to help with it.
I have figured out several things but the most important one right now is where we will allocate the .sourcemint directory. I have a PR open that suggests APPDATA in windows.

[cadorn]

I will let you take the lead on making these decisions to get things running. We can discuss the details when I merge back.

If I may; let's discuss on the mailing list and keep this ticket for progress updates that others can test.