[openbeos] Re: Site Audit
- From: Schrijvers Luc <Begasus@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:53:08 +0200
On zo, 2008-10-12 at 11:07 +0200, Stephan Assmus wrote:
> > Von: Schrijvers Luc <Begasus@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > I am also trying to go with Haiku as much as I can, as both R5
> > > and ZETA
> > > have no future anymore ... but I still keep in mind that there
> > > are still
> > > quite a number of people around using those 2 OS's.
> > >
> > > Yes but Haikuware is centered on Haiku not R5 or Zeta.
> > >
> >
> > K but why host R5 files then?
>
> I thought that much would be clear... because Haiku is aiming to be R5
> compatible.
>
> It wasn't Karl's decision that Haiku would be R5 compatible but not ZETA
> compatible. At the time this decision was made by the Haiku developers, ZETA
> was still alive and a moving target. Haiku R1 is specifically aiming to
> reimplement a fixed target. ZETA is not moving any more, but I am sure most
> people don't want to hold up the release of Haiku R1 for making it ZETA
> compatible as well. Furthermore, some stuff was implemented in ZETA that
> Haiku developers disagreed with on a technical merit, like for example the
> Local Kit. So I guess that we don't want to add more support for API that we
> would like to implement in a different way in post-R1 releases of Haiku.
> There is already enough of that just by implementing all the R5 APIs. I hope
> you understand.
>
> Best regards,
> -Stephan
>
Don't get me wrong here ... it's not Haiku's target I have a problem
with ... R5 compatibility is no problem for me ... I've always tried to
go to quite some extend to get R5 binaries out there ...
I'm the last person to hold back the development of Haiku .. heck .. I
wouldn't even bother to write tutorials or papers on what I've done so
far on Haiku if I was. I'm not even going to argue about what Haiku
dev's and ZETA dev's (sometimes it even strikes me because the have some
simular base) dissagree on. We've all had this discussion before .. no
need to revive that.
It just strikes me hard that someone is 'willingly' removing all ZETA
software where I think the herritage is as much important as it has been
with all the R5 applications.
Greetings,
Luc
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