On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote: > > Hi Christian, > >>>>> The main bug/feature that I plan to work on is FAT+ support, ... > You misunderstand me :-) Of course we should support files of 2-4 GB > size in the STABLE kernel very soon! Just do not support ABOVE 4 GB
There are no longer multiple active branches, there is only trunk. > because the latter would be severely incompatible with everything. Please move any discussions of FAT+ to a different topic (so its easier to follow), but let me just clarify I grouped them together because my main point is to ensure the kernel behaves stable and predictable when encountering files > 2GB. I never mentioned adding any destabilizing or incompatible functionality - support means to not corrupt data nor crash nor otherwise behave odd. I will refrain from further discussion as I had a large part in the FAT+ specification. > ... >>>>> intent is to only support OW so I can simplify some of the code > >> I support that decision. I would prefer if that would be done for the >> current DOS-C (FreeDOS kernel), too. > There are good reasons to support multiple compilers, the more compilers supported the more chance of unnoticed bugs/warnings being found and more chance others will contribute if they can use the compiler they are familiar with. However, supporting more compilers means more chance changes will break (runtime or compile time) builds with one of the lesser used compilers so requires more resources to verify changes work across the board and can limit features used to what is available across all tool chains. Jeremy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list Freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel