[openbeos] Re: binary compatibility (was Re: BFS and encryption.)
- From: "Ithamar R. Adema" <ithamar@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:21:23 CET
Hi Helmar :)
Good to see you're still actively involved in all this... However, if
even remotely possible, I would like to keep binary compatibility. This
will enable people to use _all_ programs currently available, and I
don't see for example a good replacement for Gobe comming around.....
This is just one example of a party which will need much convincing to
recompile _and support_ a new version.....
A lot can be improved with even breaking compatibility... I would even
say that a lot can be done without even changing the core of the BeOS
R5 distro :) All that is really needed (IMHO) is restore the faith Be
developers had in the continuation of the BeOS, that will motivate
people to work around the existing problems. I think a lot of people
got demotivated simply because Be wasn't doing anything (or so it
seemed to the outside world) on the BeOS front....
Regards,
Ithamar.
PS: (Partially) Breaking compatibility is always an option, if the BeOS
developers (both current, future, and possible old ones returning)
agree, but this is not really the moment to decide on that IMHO.
>
>My personal take is that breaking binary compatibility at
>this stage is not an issue as long as it leads to
>significant improvements.
>
>The BeOS 'as a whole' has been pretty idle, and developers
>still active won't mind making the necessary changes to
>cater for the broken compatibility - there aren't many of
>them to begin with.
>
>The last thing I'd like to see is this: [x]BeOS gets revived,
>gets reported about in the press, gets sold and marketed,
>gains commercial developer support, resulting in many more
>apps than we currently have and then _POOOFFF!!!_ a break in
>binary compatibility is thrown at them. Rather do it now -
>while things are slow and an opportunity to adapt or weed
>out still exists - than doing it later, when you have
>a momentum going that goes way beyond what OpenBeOS is doing.
>
>What do you think?
>
>Helmar
>
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