Sentiment poll -
I have the linux version of the next iteration of my riecoin miner. It'll substantially reduce memory use on many platforms, and is a bit faster, and a better long-term building block.
It doesn't work on windows and I'm having a heck of a time debugging it.
Is there any sentiment towards releasing it where it only works on Linux and letting more people stare at what's wrong with windows vs. kicking at it longer and trying to fix it to have both win/linux ready at the same time?
Well, I'm primarily a windows user - both of the boxes I have mining are running windows. I know what *nix is good for, and it's good for lots of things. I frequently hate windows with the fir-y passion of ten thousand burning suns (less now that I simply re-image my boot drive every 4 months). But unfortunately windows has the software I need for my career.
I would really like to see a new version of the windows miner, especially if the *nix variant is already out. However, if it's a debugging/windows being a whiny bitch issue, I don't see any major problem with releasing the working one first. Anyone who pouts about it not working on windows is free to contribute to the codebase, I'm sure.