[haiku] Re: New "BeOSCompatibility" package for Haiku

  • From: Dario Casalinuovo <b.vitruvio@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:26:03 +0200

> I must come from a different generation of programmers. (1) You are right
> about absolute paths being bad form. (2) The older apps were not all coded
> that way... (3) Some of my version 5 BeOS installs her in Oklahoma as Web
> Servers are waiting and tired of waiting, (4) A Workaround is just patching
> the problem. (5) The BE Book talks about solutions to using hard paths (has
> since the '90's) that are not currently in use. (6) While change is Good,
> Change for change sake fixes what isn't broken. (7) Don't throw away what
> works (8) If your change causes something that works to break there is
> something wrong with the change.
> To reinvent the wheel is costly and time consuming. Don't waste the money
> that's been donated, fixing what was working for the sake of might be
> better.
>

I'll try to explain better the last time. I'm not against a compat package,
i'm against having it enabled by default, for the reasons i explained
before.

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