Re: [Freedos-devel] Standardized development tools

[Pat V. <wb...@gm...>]

Hi Imre,

As I said, I'd like to add Open Watcom to FreeCOM, install and memory
configs and build official releases with Open Watcom.  This is "the project"
that I was referring to.  By no means do I want to try to force building
everything we distribute to one compiler.

As a goal, I eventually want to bring everything that is in the base into
"the project" and create a periodic build where people can download
development versions of what we're doing.  They would then get a very
minimal FreeDOS distribution that they can play with.  But as I said,
eventually as this is a goal and not any sort of rule or requirement.

Most certainly, with all the code we distribute and all those developers
having put their time and effort into that code, I most certainly would
never want to try to force them into any development environment.  Instead,
I thank them for allowing us to distribute their code.

In summary, "the project" is just what's up on SourceForge.net and may
include all base distribution code at some point in the future.

Seems reasonable?

Pat Villani
Project Coordinator


On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Imre Leber <imr...@te...> wrote:

>  I think you need to define what exactly you mean with the project. Do you
> mean only the kernel and command.com, or including all the utilities.
>
> I think moving to openwatcom is a noble goal, but it would be a huge
> undertaking, I think.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Pat Villani <pa...@fr...>
> *To:* fre...@li...
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 21, 2010 6:44 AM
> *Subject:* [Freedos-devel] Standardized development tools
>
> Folks,
>
> I'm thinking it would be a good idea to standardize on one C/C++ compiler
> for the project.  I'm looking at the Open Watcom compiler and would like
> your opinion.  Reason for this suggestion is that it is the only real mode
> compiler still under development and supported.
>
> This doesn't mean that I want to drop the build options currently in our
> source code.  Instead, I'd like to add Open Watcom to FreeCOM, install and
> memory configs and build official releases with Open Watcom.
>
> Care to share?
>
> Pat Villani
> Project Coordinator
>
>
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