On 2/27/06, Ian Jeffray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > > > > >>Perhaps then it's time to fork some stuff then. > > > > > > Can we avoid top-posting on this list please. > > Can we avoid CCing everyone on everything if we're also > using the list? :-)
Interesting issue, as I've missed Ralph's posting my reply :) Not in my spam filter either :/ Perhaps it'll turn up at some point :) > >>Perhaps there even needs to be some kind of fork - a pure version of > >>ArcEm and a RISC OS enhanced version. > > > [snip] > > The only reason for a fork in arcem I can see > > would be a political one, and it would be to the detriment of all. > > I'd agree. Forking is always terribly bad, and especially in this > instance I don't see why it's required at all. > > (Example of terribly bad forking - Nettle vs NettleSSH) Okay, I think Ralph missed my point. I'm not proposing a Mac OS X only fork, but rather a way of handling the difference between "pure" emulation of the hardware and a version of ArcEm that uses module based shims to cut through to functionality embedded in the emulator. All ports should come from the same source tree as they currently do. Not forking is fine, I'm just pointing out though that the active developer base at the moment do not agree with Ralph's original statement that we should stick to pure emulation of hardware. I'm not the most active developer on the project, but in talking to Rob and Peter we all seem to agree that modules that shim onto ArcEm (as done already with hostfs support) is the way forward. I've proposed that we can use configuration options to select whether those are compiled or not, and if people are cool with that then there is no need for a fork. But the issue is a technical one not a political one - there's two wasy of implementing networking (and other things), and we're (I apologise to Rob and Peter if I'm mis-representing their feelings) interested in pursuinghte Module based approach over a full emulation approach. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ arcem-devel mailing list arcem-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/arcem-devel
