FreeLists / openbeosnetteam / [openbeosnetteam] Re: libbind.so status

["Brennan Cleveland" <warriorspot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>To put shortly, I concerned about the UNIXification of OBOS code.
>BeOS was not an UNIX, and I always like the cleaness feeling you get 
>browsing develop/headers/*.
>I think it's important for the project to keep control on our public 
>headers to keep this BeOS *feature* that way.
>
>The net kit is more exposed to such issues due to de-facto UNIX origin 
>of most INET network stuffs...
>
>So, let's toss blindly all these headers under private/* subtree!
>Just kidding :-p
>But I think we should decide some policy on that topic.
>
>What's your opinion, guys?

As they say in boxing, "Keep it clean".  I am DEFINATELY for keeping the 
system clean in general.  That is one of the best things about BeOS.  It 
is small, simple, clean, you can fully understand it, and fix it when it 
breaks.  This is the thing that made me love this OS (after coming from 
Linux), and what made me very enthusiastic and committed to this 
project.  I think our over-riding design and implementation should 
revolve around:

1. Clean
2. Simple (where possible)

If we lose these we cease to be BeOS, and we will just sink into the 
morass of other ugly UNIX-likes that are already out there!

That's my two cents worth,

Brennan