The last few merges of w2rf with test have gone smoothly. However VS 2003 has now again scrambled the resource files, which means the merge function can't be used. I plan to do a manual merge when I have time available.
That is, unless Flex decides to incorporate my changes and improvements :) 73 Ed W2RF > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > radio.biz] On Behalf Of Lux, James P > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 11:49 AM > To: Alan NV8A; Flex Group > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Space Navigator support > > Bearing in mind that the "new architecture" will no doubt make the idea of > "loadable modules" easier, you've hit on the peril of forking.. You can > have a nifty new function, but if you implement it on a fork, there's no > simple way to merge the changes back into the mainline, unless you've been > very, very careful: with both what's in the fork, and what's done on the > mainline. > > Flex has to walk a narrow line here between adding functionality (which > makes the codebase for PowerSDR 1.x more complex, if only because you need > to have ways to select among the potentially incompatible features) and > holding to their "we will not add features, only fix bugs before 2.x" > philosophy, as espoused a month or so ago. (Obviously, they can change > their mind if they wish..) > > Thus far, it's incumbent on the maintainer of the fork (W2RF, here) to > take on the responsibility for looking over the changes in the mainline > and reforking to include their new functionality. > Jim, W6RMK > > On 9/3/08 7:37 AM, "Alan NV8A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With the update of PowerSDR to 1.14.0, support for the 3Dfx Space > Navigator has gone AWOL again. I know it was never in the "official" > versions, but Ed W2RF kept putting out versions with that support > included; so far he doesn't seem to have produced a version of 1.14.0 > with this feature added. > > ISTR that Tim or somebody had expressed doubts about the usefulness of > this device, but can't we please have "official" support for it? Nobody > *has to* use it if (s)he doesn't want to. > > Alan NV8A > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex- > radio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
