Yes, I hate to say this but the OS world has no shortage of OS's that are not quite complete but are ported to every device from watches to toasters. On 3/19/07, Paulo Estrela <paulojbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, My opinion about this subject is that if Haiku have a strong focus on desktop, desktop experience should be improved. Ports to another CPUs is great, but this is not the focus. I think we should improve "control panel" GUIs, try to make Haiku more stable and etc. Paulo Estrela ----- Original Message ----- From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx> To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 12:13 PM Subject: [openbeos] ideas for SoC > Just before I forget, here are some more just in case :) > Not everything will fit but I'll leave it so at least it's written > somewhere. > > * HaikuPorts (like BSD ports). > Today again I tried to build something that needed something else that > needed yet another thing... not mentionning each using a different SCM > that you must port if you want the latest version. > I could contribute the autoconf-aware makefile template I made for > zeta. > It's probably borderline but having auto cvs-up and dependancy tracking > would be likely quite challenging. > > * Spice up our MediaPlayer > ** Overlay support > ** replicant/nsPlugin support > ** Add protocol addons (nodes ?) to support http,rtsp... > > * ARM(no-mmu) port > ** Zaurus > ** Qtek/... > ** GSM stack ? > > * Bluetooth stack > but maybe we could get some help on that. > > * Serial port driver (including PCI cards, probably the worst part) and > tty module. > > * Expand the "new" driver architecture (PnP) and port old drivers. > Ideally multiaudio drivers would provide an interface to a common node > that would publish in /dev. An AC97 module would publish a multiaudio > interface from codec-specific modules and so on. > But that needs a lot of design thinking first. > > * r/w ext2/3 fs > ** xattr support > > * FAT could use some help as well: > ** identify bottlenecks and provide better locking (shouldn't be too > hard, there is only a single big lock currently, I already started > that, never finished). > > François. > > > E-mail classificado pelo Identificador de Spam Inteligente Terra. > Para alterar a categoria classificada, visite > http://mail.terra.com.br/protected_email/imail/imail.cgi?+_u=paulojbe&_l=1,1174317109.510455.24248.vacoas.hst.terra.com.br,4881,Des15,Des15 > > Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo E-mail Protegido Terra. > Scan engine: McAfee VirusScan / Atualizado em 16/03/2007 / Versão: > 5.1.00/4986 > Proteja o seu e-mail Terra: http://mail.terra.com.br/ >