[openbeos] Re: GCC 3/OpenBeOS & Standards Question
- From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 17:54:04 -0500
>GCC
>===
>
>When we eventually get to an R1 release of OpenBeOS, it will probably
>be compiled with GCC 2.9x.
>
>What I have been thinking recently is - is there anything to stop a
>user getting a later version of GCC, specifically GCC 3.x and
>recompiling the whole source tree, and having a "newer" system, but one
>thats incompatiable with the official OpenBeOS release? Would there be
>any speed/performance increase if someone did this?
It is widely believed that GCC3 is faster, for any given code, than 2.95.
I would presume that there would be a speed increase. When there is more
code written, we could quantify this.
>OpenBeOS Standards
>=============
>
>I have also been thinking of the distribution model that we seem to be
>moving towards with OpenBeOS.
>
>It looks like OpenBeOS is going to provide a minimal system, much like
>BeOS R5PE, and then third parties such as BeUnited are going to create
>a distribution for people to purchase that will include other programs,
>libraries, software and media.
>
>I quite like this idea, but what I *don't* like is the idea that in a
>few years time we get companies making software *for these
>distributions*
Agreed. I am talking with BU about a minimal "standard" distro.
>I think that we should say now that the OpenBeOS-Rx release are
>standards, and if another party such as BeUnited.org create an OpenBeOS
>release, they can have it "certified" to meet an Rx standard.
I would rather let someone else do this, but I agree that it should be done.
>This way companies/individuals can target their software at these Rx
>standards rather than distributions and this should skip all the
>problems Linux is having now with vendors trying to manage software
>installations for a million different distributions. It should also
>help create an equal playing field for the smaller comapanies or
>individuals who want to make a distribution of OpenBeOS, as all the
>software that is out already will work on their distro as long as they
>stick to the standard.
In fact, as of right now, the only thing that BU is looking at as a value added
is drivers and apps. No core OS changes. I think that is a good thing.
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