[haiku-development] Re: stop lurking! Me that is...
- From: "Jonas Buckner" <buckner.jonas@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 17:34:49 -0400
On 10/3/07, Janne Johansson <icepic.dz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> 2007/9/28, Jonas Buckner <buckner.jonas@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > On 9/28/07, Janne Johansson <icepic.dz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I've been following the Haiku project since Jonas Sundström visited my
> BSD
> > > conference a while ago.
> > >
> > > Since I am one of the few that has "too much" cpu/machines/network I
> offered
> > > him a box on my network,
> > > but the activity on it has been sparse (no offense, Jonas) so I thought
> I'd
> > > ask if anyone else has use for a compile-box
> > > or something haiku-related like an extra ftp/http mirror or so.
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have been looking for a way to start writing and contributing code
> > for the past couple of years, but I've had computer trouble and
> > financial trouble preventing me from fixing it for the last 2-3 years.
> > I haven't been able get a computer I can install Haiku on in quite a
> > while. Can this machine compile haiku code under BSD? (That is,
> > compile it completely without having to boot Haiku.) Is that even
> > possible?
> >
> > I only have a 99Mhz machine with 1GB HD here. I can ssh from it (and
> > from the machines at my university), but I wouldn't be able to test my
> > stuff without significant help from someone else.
> >
> > I don't think this is the kind of usage you had in mind, and if
> > there's someone else who can make better use of it, you should give
> > them access instead. Not that, I suppose, sharing it for multiple uses
> > is out of the question.
> >
> > Also, I haven't looked at the Haiku source in a long time, so it'll
> > take me a while to get up to speed with it again, but I would
> > certainly love to try.
>
> I have created an account for you on it, just ssh to
> buckner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and take a look around.
>
> daily haiku checkout available under /usr/haiku/haiku, and
> the gcc crosscompiler-src is at /usr/haiku/buildtools.
> Since the cross-compiler wants a haiku-dir to work in/from,
> I made /usr/haiku/haiku-build also, making the cross-compiler
> pick up stuff from there.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Some mornings, it's just not worth gnawing through the straps...
>
I appreciate that greatly! I look forward to working on it.
Thank you,
-Jonas Buckner
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