Op 10 nov 2011, om 23:04 heeft Steve (ROOL) het volgende geschreven: > On 10 Nov, Richard Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> I wasn't necessarily thinking of the ROOL bounty scheme - it was more of >> a general comment. The ROOL scheme is obviously aimed at RISC OS 5, >> rather than RPCEmu. > > Hi, > > That's true. We're certainly extremely pleased to see the progress that's > happened with RPCEmu over the years and it aligns very nicely with our > objectives of having a completely free RISC OS emulation solution that > people from outside the community can try out to see what it's all about. > > Having said all that, the bounty scheme on the ROOL site is specifically > about RISC OS 5 and not the right place (just yet) for third party > components. One day we might broaden the scope but right now there are some > pretty fundamental areas of RISC OS which are in dire need of attention so > that's what the scheme is hoping to motivate. > > Plus, core RISC OS development struggles to gain any traction because of the > requirement for the (never to be free, sadly) DDE Tools and having to build > on RISC OS. RPCEmu has a key advantage in that the build tools and > environment are portable so, in theory at least, it should be easier for > RPCEmu to attract developers. > > I'd put NetSurf in a similar boat; it's a great bit of software and pretty > much a must-have. But projects such as these can easily have a "donate here" > scheme of their own if they desire - there's no reason to tie this into the > niche ROOL site.
Steve, Would improving, or should I say, finishing the ethernet driver for the ethernet port on the BeagleBoard fall within or outside the ROOL bounty scheme? Rien Mertens Tweeberg 1 A 5246XL Rosmalen [email protected] _______________________________________________ Rpcemu mailing list [email protected] http://www.riscos.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rpcemu
