[openbeos] Re: Waiting and waiting

  • From: "Matt Verran" <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 00:42:36 GMT

Thanks for the clarification

> ><lurkoff>
> >
> >As a none code contributing bod... (so kick me if my view is out of 
> >line)
> >
> >*IF* we had a kernel, more people could contribute, since BeOS is 
> >modular, we should be able to drop in a new kernel and everything 
> >should work right?
> 
> *NO NO NO NO NO*
> This is *exactly* what we don't have and have been trying to avoid.
> Every piece can and is being written to replace its R5 counterpart. 
> Mail Daemon Replacement is a prime example. 
> Now, because of some interdependencies, certain parts can't be *USED*
>  this way
> (example - the Input Kit). But they are *all* under development.
> 
> >Now, admittedly we are in a Catch 22, no kernel until all kits are 
> >written, and no kits until kernel is written...
> 
> Nah. We are actually parallelizing very nicely.
> 
> 
> >So how do we solve this?
> >
> ><lurkoff>
> 
> 
> 
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