Re: [Re: [Pcbsd-developer] Asked for a Todo list?]
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Re: [Re: [Pcbsd-developer] Asked for a Todo list?]
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From: <ren...@ne...> - 2005-10-15 13:19:39
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <u>Andrei Kolu wrote:</u><br> <i><br> Why rewrite wheel? If we use KDE then all config must be from the same environment. </i><i><br> If we have to maintain jet another DE then we lose so much time that never release fine desktop operating system.<br> <br> </i>I hear the "reinvention of the wheel" all the time and if you think about it, itsn't really a smart answer. It's a Linux kind of answer.<br> <br> Let me point you to a few facts:<br> <br> 1 - if man hadn't reinvented the wheel time after time, we would be still eating ants in the bush. Improving of existing technology is waht has been driving humanity forward.<br> <br> I myself build bycicle wheels and i can surely tell the difference between a properly made wheel and a piece of trash (assuming one is using the same hub/spokes/rim/nipples)<br> <br> Little details can diferentiate the good enough from the exellent.<br> <br> 2- Making the system DE independent (i am sure this cant be done overnight) ensures several good things:<br> <br> - Everything will still work 100% by default<br> - DE PBI 's for PC-BSD will be easier to develop and no one will be asking for x,y or Z version of PC-BSD<br> - PC-BSD will be future proof as it is not linked to the story of any particular DE. If KDE gets into trouble in the future, we will have the ability to steer away from problems and if anything better comes, we can make the shift faster and easier.<br> - We wont have to support any other DE as the pbi maker will have all the necessary things to build the DE PBI. If someone says: "Ah, but i'd like to have Gnome" we just say "sure, grab the pbi. It works just the same way. every tool is there"<i><br> <br> </i>Have you compared a F1 car wheel with a regular wheel? It works better, faster, lighter.<br> <br> This is surely one of those things you do overnight but it has to be done before it is too late to turn back.<br> <br> <br> Second issue:<br> <i><br> Please no crappy emulation... <br> </i><br> I ment compatibility layer. In some places it is referred as compatibility layer, in some other it is emulation layer... Sorry for the confusion.<br> <br> <br> Third Issue:<br> <br> <br> <i>"<span class="moz-txt-underscore">PC-BSD default tools<span class="moz-txt-tag">"</span></span></i><br> <br> I think most of it is better leave for 2.0 version of PC-BSD. <br> <i><br> <br> </i>The Internetworking Manager, the permission manager and the ports gui should be here before 1.0 The rest can be added after. as i said, some things are not to be applied immediately.<i><br> </i><i><br> </i> </body> </html> |
