Hi Jeremy, >> 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.
Trunk is stable, but there also is devel / unstable: http://freedos.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freedos/kernel/trunk/ http://freedos.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freedos/kernel/branches/UNSTABLE/ The problem is that there were almost no changes in UNSTABLE in the last 3 years, so it will need "undusting" before it can be useful for new experiments. I suggest to put the main focus on careful, non-experimental bugfixes for trunk for the moment. > Please move any discussions of FAT+ to a different topic I agree :-) > 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 Then this FAT+ thing sneaked in... It is indeed unrelated to the topic of support for files sized between 2 and 4 GB :-) >>>>>> intent is to only support OW so I can simplify some... > There are good reasons to support multiple compilers... Ohhh I smell a misunderstanding :-) I had assumed you or Pat were planning to make a fresh minimalistic start with a DOS kernel that can only RUN OW. This is partly because there is another DOS clone which was actually made to be good enough to RUN Borland compilers, too :-). > the more compilers supported the more chance of unnoticed bugs > or warnings being found and more chance others will contribute Interesting point :-) > However, supporting more compilers means more chance changes > will break (runtime or compile time) builds with one of the lesser True... Still worth trying ;-) Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
