[openbeos] Re: File format support in Haiku
- From: Ar18@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:37:45 +0000
> I don't think you should get that impression...
>
> This mailing list was chartered for current development goals. The future
> of the OS is discussed on the Glass Elevator Mailing List. This is to keep
> people here focused on a R1 milestone. If you want to rally up new ideas
> that would possibly define an R2 milestone... go right ahead... but do it in
> the appropriate list. ;)
I tried out the list. The email never got in and it appears that the list just
turned into a spam trap. I got spam at my email for the first time in a long
time.
Also, as I understand it, the list is not really active with any current
developers and is not really actually focusing on any work right now. I was
hoping to actually start getting some things done. Was I at the wrong place or
what is going on?
Thanks,
Kevin
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- From: "Donovan Schulteis" <deej575@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 23:23:45 +0000
I don't think you should get that impression...
This mailing list was chartered for current development goals. The future of the OS is discussed on the Glass Elevator Mailing List. This is to keep people here focused on a R1 milestone. If you want to rally up new ideas that would possibly define an R2 milestone... go right ahead... but do it in the appropriate list. ;)
There is desire for such aspects, but there is also the appropriate place for it.
Deej
On 4/5/07, Ar18@xxxxxxxxxxx <Ar18@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> One goal of Haiku is to avoid major API changes from the BeOS API, at least
> for this release. This is especially true for the Translation Kit since we
What about the future of Haiku? Is there ever going to come a point where you go through some kind of top-down inspection of Haiku and re-evaluate it to see if things should be done differently/better? I was hoping maybe I could get some people involved in this aspect, but I'm getting the impression that there really is no desire to get people involved in something like this (which makes it kinda pointless to get people involved in the first place).
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From: "Ben Allen" <ben.allen@xxxxxxxxx>
To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 18:49:55 +0000
Subject: [openbeos] Re: File format support in Haiku
On 4/4/07, Ar18@xxxxxxxxxxx <
Ar18@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Those are a lot of concepts to hash out. The questions is, is Haiku even ready for new developers to come in and begin working on
> support for new file types or do we need to settle on any changes that will need to be made to future version of Haiku's
> translation kit first?
One goal of Haiku is to avoid major API changes from the BeOS API, at least for this release. This is especially true for the Translation Kit since we want to be able to use all of the Translators currently available and not have to we-write them all. If you are interested in support for new file types, I would suggest working on a Translator for that file type that works in BeOS. If it works there, it should work in Haiku.
-Ben
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