[haiku-development] Re: Another Package question :)

  • From: Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:03:54 +0200

Hi,

Am 12.09.2014 10:34, schrieb Ingo Weinhold:
On 12.09.2014 09:16, Ralf Schülke wrote:
yes i know,
the bootloader do some thing.
http://cgit.haiku-os.org/haiku/tree/src/system/boot/loader
Kernel, Load Driver, Load V-FM, etc.
And a nice bootsrcript do the rest.
http://cgit.haiku-os.org/haiku/tree/data/system/boot/Bootscript

Thats nice and modern, stuff he working from dark to light.

I think, that  is a "one more thing" that why haiku are so nice.

No, that is neither modern nor nice. It's just one more thing where
Haiku is lacking. The startup requirements -- particularly dependencies
between potentially optional components -- are complex even on a desktop
system. A simple solution like a single startup script just leaves the
burden of dealing with the complexities with the user. Besides, starting
things on demand can't even be done that way.

+1. I still remember when I had to resort to ugly hacks trying to auto-start a media application and make it wait until the media server was actually ready for applications to connect and create nodes.

Ralf, I think you need to exit your reality distortion field and stop seeing beauty in Haiku where there is just missing functionality. And while you are at it, there a quite a few more things you could be realistic about.

Best regards,
-Stephan



Other related posts: