HELP with ATLAS & Windows

[Clint Whaley]

Guys,

I really need some help with ATLAS on windows.  I am pretty overwhelmed
just trying to keep the package moving towards stable and answer unix
support questions.  I am hoping the community can help me with Windows
support and development, where I believe ATLAS is falling further and
further behind.

I'm a far from expert windows guy, and there seems always to be windows-
specific problems.  More than half the time when a fix is found for a
windows-specific problem, it is pointed out to me by a windows user.

What I would like to do is create a Wiki about installing ATLAS on windows, and
have all you guys who successfully install on windows post any
tricks/techniques there, as well as links to prebuilt binaries, etc., for other
users.  I would also like to open up a support tracker, perhaps with more open
admin-style stuff, specifically for windows issues.  Also, perhaps a mailing
list for windows stuff.  

Are any of you who use ATLAS on windows willing to contribute towards
this idea?

It is not only that I need help in providing Windows support, but also
that I could use a forum to ask questions to help me improve Windows
support.  For instance, I've been asked to help adapt the ATLAS
installer to MinGW.  I tried to do this once, and spent 4 hours failing
to install a working MinGW, and had to return to problems I could make
progress on.  I'd like to be able to correspond with someone who has already
done this, so I can spend my time working on the ATLAS code.  There have been a
bunch of things like this: I have a bunch of noobie questions in regards to
something under windows, and a very small amount of time to address a
windows-specific issue, and since I don't know anybody to ask the windows
questions to, I never even get to try to figure out the ATLAS problem.

So, before I take the time to create a wiki, amiling list, etc., I'd like
to see who would contribute in this effort.  Please e-mail me if you are
interested in helping me improve ATLAS on windows.

Thanks,
Clint

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** R. Clint Whaley, PhD ** Assist Prof, UTSA ** www.cs.utsa.edu/~whaley **
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