[openbeos] Re: BeAPI++
- From: Linus Sarnhult <linus@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 23:28:53 +0200
Hehe.. you surely are my favorite Haiku-developer, Axel.
I concluded that the biggest problem is ME, and will bug as few people as
needed in the future.
When I asked what parts were needed, I didn't mean what software I need to
develop. Got that.. but from the latest news on haiku-os.org I got some
hints, and will be update my local tree and look into some parts of it.
I didn't really mention how much experience I've got, but it don't really
matter, I guess.. I've been codin everything from c64 to amiga
amos/assembler to real-mode crappy mode 13h games.. protected mode 2d game
engines.. to web based scripted database applications to windows apps in
delphi and c++.. and lately I've done mostly opengl and game-engine coding
in windows.. i'll try to port my engine (the little that I've made so far)
so beos pretty soon.
Ahem, what exactly are you waiting for?
better weather.. =)
Short story: everything that you find on your R5 installation CD.
I ment missing or incomplete haiku-parts.
Something like this can be either found in the BeBook, or even in some
docs in our repository. If you cannot find any docs, you could also ask
the developer in question to give you an introduction. Of course, this
is time consuming, but if the developer can write a general
introduction of that component and puts it in our repository, it's well
worth the bothering :)
Yeah.. I'll spend some more time with my books..
Whatever we promised you, we'll certainly not eat you alive :-)
We may not always have enough time and "balance" to be equally nice to
the 5th person asking the same question, but just don't get frightened.
Totally understandable..
We will certainly welcome every helping hand - which makes sense if you
think about it.
But since we're already quite big, we also count on your initiative -
we cannot always give you a hand and show you around.
I've noticed.. =) .. but I'll find my way, and a door into that house
somehow.
That's indeed the biggest problem, and it's not just you. The thing is,
that if you (or any other) take over an assignment, we trust you to
work on it - if you don't you'll not only haven't helped the project,
you have also slowed it down because someone else probably won't look
into this component while you're supposed to be at it.
But you can always just do little things as fixing some things marked
with "ToDo" or similar all over the place. You don't even need an
assignment for that, you can do it whenever you like, it might be a 5
minute thing or take an hour, whatever.
Yeah. i'll have a look.. found some nifty test apps that might help.
There is enough work to be done in other departments - not everyone has
to be a driver writer either (of course we welcome any of those, too :-
)). You can even be helpful by learning C/C++ by reading our code.
I'd say I know enough C++ already to get me goin.. haven't come across any
new discoveries so far, anyways.
> PS. My dream is to develop a midi/audio sequencer on some system that
[...]
I would have something similar in mind if I wouldn't have to write an
operating system before ;-)
Yes.. keep doin that.. and get back at me when you're done.. =)
Rock on, dudes!
Regards, Linus
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