On Sun, 17 Oct 2004, Harold L Hunt II wrote: > Ross Smith II wrote: > > [snip] > > > Also, given that > > http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/nail/nail/README?rev=HEAD&view=markup > > states: > > > > "On the other hand, I strongly discourage from porting nail to Windows > > and environments that make Windows look Unix-like; I won't accept any > > patches or suggestions that go in this direction. There are two major > > reasons for this: First, any port makes maintaining harder; there are > > always more work-arounds in the source, and introducing new features > > involves the question whether they will work an all supported platforms. > > The more different a platform behaves from, let's say, the common Unix > > way, the more hacks have to be made, costing human time that could > > otherwise have been used to enhance the software for Unix platforms. > > Windows is just not worth this, and here we are at the second point: > > Porting software to Windows encourages people to use -- that is: to buy > > -- Windows. It supports a company that is known to threaten Open Source > > software like nail. In short, porting nail (or similar free software) > > to Windows has an ill effect on that software. Don't do it." > > My general response to arguments like that is: fuck 'em. I'll port it just > to be a thorn in the guys side. > > Harold
Good one, Harold. We've been having this exact discussion every year or so... Now that we have managed mounts, however, this threat is actually valid. Normally, I'd be against a package that *requires* managed mounts to build, but in this particular case I'll make an exception. Not that this opinion counts one way or another -- it's up to CGF and Corinna anyway... Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing." -- Dr. Jubal Harshaw