[haiku-commits] r37976 - haiku/trunk/docs/user
- From: pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 18:20:09 +0200 (CEST)
Author: pulkomandy
Date: 2010-08-08 18:20:09 +0200 (Sun, 08 Aug 2010)
New Revision: 37976
Changeset: http://dev.haiku-os.org/changeset/37976
Modified:
haiku/trunk/docs/user/compatibility.dox
Log:
* Added a note about the network libraries being incompatible with BeOS.
Modified: haiku/trunk/docs/user/compatibility.dox
===================================================================
--- haiku/trunk/docs/user/compatibility.dox 2010-08-08 15:32:12 UTC (rev
37975)
+++ haiku/trunk/docs/user/compatibility.dox 2010-08-08 16:20:09 UTC (rev
37976)
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@
\author Ingo Weinhold
-Haiku R1 (x86) was designed and is being implemented to be binary and source
-compatible with applications written for BeOS R5 (x86) to a large extent, but
-not the other way around. In some cases we deliberately broke source
+Haiku R1 (x86) was designed and is being implemented to be binary and source
+compatible with applications written for BeOS R5 (x86) to a large extent, but
+not the other way around. In some cases we deliberately broke source
compatibility while at the same time maintaining binary compatibility. Here are
some specific examples:
-- The \c "be" header path is gone - it's called \c "os" in Haiku; since it is
- always part of the default header search path anyway, you can always just
+- The \c "be" header path is gone - it's called \c "os" in Haiku; since it is
+ always part of the default header search path anyway, you can always just
remove it to let your software compile on both platforms, ie. replace:
\code
#include <be/interface/View.h>
\endcode
- with:
+ with:
\code
#include <interface/View.h>
\endcode
@@ -24,22 +24,25 @@
#include <View.h>
\endcode
-- BeOS contains a deprecated \c add-ons/TrackerAddons.h header, and a
- header called \c add-ons/TrackerAddOns.h - Haiku only contains the
+- BeOS contains a deprecated \c add-ons/TrackerAddons.h header, and a
+ header called \c add-ons/TrackerAddOns.h - Haiku only contains the
latter.
- Likewise, you'll find \c support/byteorder.h and \c support/ByteOrder.h
in BeOS; Haiku only has ByteOrder.h.
-- If you have subclassed BString and if you are using its \c _privateData
- member, you might notice that it has been renamed to \link
BString::fPrivateData
- fPrivateData \endlink. However, it's use is deprecated, and it might even
be
- made private in the future.
-- The undocumented functions defined in Alias.h from the storage kit are not
implemented.
-- The private Device Map API (used by OpenTracker) has been replaced by a
+- If you have subclassed BString and if you are using its \c _privateData
+ member, you might notice that it has been renamed to
+ \link BString::fPrivateData fPrivateData \endlink. However, it's use is
+ deprecated, and it might even be made private in the future.
+- The undocumented functions defined in Alias.h from the storage kit are not
+ implemented.
+- The private Device Map API (used by OpenTracker) has been replaced by a
different API (Disk Device API).
- The application debugging interface is conceptually similar, but nevertheless
source and binary incompatible.
-- The file system API has changed; file systems that worked on BeOS will no
+- The file system API has changed; file systems that worked on BeOS will no
longer work on Haiku.
-- In several places we also dropped compatibility support for older BeOS
+- Haiku isnot compatible with the Network kit, nor with BONE. Instead, we have
+ both UNIX sockets and a new C++ API.
+- In several places we also dropped compatibility support for older BeOS
versions (PR2, R3, R4), which BeOS R5 still featured.
-*/
\ No newline at end of file
+*/
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