[interfacekit] Re: input_server and registrar

> burton666 <burton666@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It could be useful to test it with a working base, to begin with.
> > Moreover, we could > even release a replacement for R5.
> > Anyway, I guess the input server/app server are more important, and
> > we could even > replace them on the existing R5 installations. Wasn't
> "replace R5 piece by piece" the > motto of OpenBeOS ? :=)
>
> I don't think we should do that - it seems to be much work with very
> little gain to me.
> I also think those who follow this project have understood that we
> won't replace R5 piece by piece for those things - and so much work
> just for a PR gag...
>
> Adios...
>    Axel.

I don't know how long it takes. At least for the input_server it took me
less then an hour to write the libbe functions which communicate with the R5
input_server, and they work. The OpenBeOS input_server just needs to respond
to these messages (a question of changing the message id's and message field
names), to work with the R5 libbe.

And it's not just for PR. Doing it this way, the input_server could be
tested in a working environment. And completely tested and debugged before
the other components are ready. Also performance can be compared.
The other way you would wait for app_server/input_server/registrar/libbe to
be finished, and then hope each one works, and works well together.

Marc Flerackers

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