I would suggest against using submodules, but we can discus that in the meeting, if you want. There's alternatives.
On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 at 21:21, Hermès BÉLUSCA-MAÏTO <hermes.belu...@sfr.fr> wrote: > Hi, > > This sounds interesting, for potential developers wanting just to work on > some module, but not wanting to deal with the whole OS thing. > Would this mean that we also have to think about git submodules? Because > (in the case of the NTFS driver for example) it would be in a different git > repo, and then it would have to be automatically downloaded and updated > whenever one of the core ROS dev updates his own ROS git repo. > > Cheers, > Hermes > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-boun...@reactos.org] De la part de Ged > Murphy > > Envoyé : mercredi 1 août 2018 20:16 > > À : 'ReactOS Development List' > > Objet : Re: [ros-dev] Postponing the July Meeting > > > > I have an item for the agenda. I'd like to discuss the possibility of > moving some > > of our drivers out of the main repo and into something more convenient. > > > > In case I don't make the meeting, I'll put forward some of my reasons > here: > > > > This thought has come about due to the btrfs driver which we use from > Mark > > Harmstone. Mark's project receives quite a bit of interest on github, > and I'm > > assuming one of the reasons is that it's so easy to find and build. > Searching for > > 'btrfs windows' lists his project as the top hit in google, and building > is as simple > > as cloning, opening the project in VS and clicking build (assuming you > have the > > WDK) > > > > I'm wondering if we did the same thing to some of our drivers, we might > > generate more interest in them. A good example would be our NTFS driver. > > When searching for open source NTFS solutions you're only really given > Linux > > and Max options. The reactos driver is buried deep in the search list, > and you > > only see it if you know what you're looking for. Next if you want to > build it, you > > need to clone the main reactos repo, install the build tools, setup and > build the > > environment, build the tool chain, build the linkers libs, etc, etc. > There are so > > many barriers for people who aren't part of the reactos development team > that > > the chance of getting anyone interested in it are practically zero. > > > > This process would be much simpler if the code was available to clone as > a > > separate project, and could simply build with the WDK and VS. There's > then a > > chance that it might start to generate interest, and people may start > working > > on it instead of it just bit-rotting deep in our main repo. > > > > If we're going to do that, why not consider others too. Network cards, > sound > > stack, USB, boot loaders, printer drivers, directx, etc, There's lots of > things that > > people might be interested in working on and using if they weren't tied > to the > > reactos code base. We obviously benefit from any external interest, and > simply > > pull/import it back into the reactos project. > > > > Ged. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ros-dev <ros-dev-boun...@reactos.org> On Behalf Of Colin Finck > > Sent: Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:58 > > To: 'ReactOS Development List' <ros-dev@reactos.org> > > Subject: [ros-dev] Postponing the July Meeting > > > > Hi all! > > > > Looking at the calendar, it would be time for the July Meeting today. > > However, I didn't receive any agenda proposals and also forgot to > announce it > > in the course of releasing 0.4.9. > > So I suggest we postpone the meeting to next week's Thursday, August 2. > > > > Please send agenda proposals by then. > > That meeting also allows us to handle last-minute planning regarding the > > Hackfest. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Colin > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ros-dev mailing list > > Ros-dev@reactos.org > > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev@reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
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