Re: [Re: [Pcbsd-developer] Asked for a Todo list?]

[Andrei K. <an...@bs...>]

Renato Pinto Fl=F3rido wrote:

> _Andrei Kolu wrote:_
> /
> Why rewrite wheel? If we use KDE then all config must be from the same=20
> environment. //
> If we have to maintain jet another DE then we lose so much time that=20
> never release fine desktop operating system.
>
> /I hear the "reinvention of the wheel" all the time and if you think=20
> about it, itsn't really a smart answer. It's a Linux kind of answer.
>
> Let me point you to a few facts:
>
> 1 - if man hadn't reinvented the wheel time after time, we would be=20
> still eating ants in the bush. Improving of existing technology is=20
> waht has been driving humanity forward.
>
> I myself build bycicle wheels and i can surely tell the difference=20
> between a properly made wheel and a piece of trash (assuming one is=20
> using the same hub/spokes/rim/nipples)
>
> Little details can diferentiate the good enough from the exellent.

This is exactly the "Linux way" to answer. :) I know that "wheel" is=20
reinvented in linux about 125 times right now...maybe more...

WHY REWRITE TOOL THAT JUST WORKS!!!???? dziis...

>
> 2- Making the system DE independent (i am sure this cant be done=20
> overnight) ensures several good things:
>
>  - Everything will still work 100% by default
>  - DE PBI 's for PC-BSD will be easier to develop and no one will be=20
> asking for x,y or Z version of PC-BSD
>  - PC-BSD will be future proof as it is not linked to the story of any=20
> particular DE. If KDE gets into trouble in the future, we will have=20
> the ability to steer away from problems and if anything better comes,=20
> we can make the shift faster and easier.
> - We wont have to support any other DE as the pbi maker will have all=20
> the necessary things to build the DE PBI. If someone says: "Ah, but=20
> i'd like to have Gnome" we just say "sure, grab the pbi. It works just=20
> the same way. every tool is there"/
>
> /Have you compared a F1 car wheel with a regular wheel? It works=20
> better, faster, lighter.
>
If KDE =3D=3D F1 then GNOME =3D=3D Ford to me...

> This is surely one of those things you do overnight but it has to be=20
> done before it is too late to turn back.
>
>
> Second issue:
> /
> Please no crappy emulation...
> /
> I ment compatibility layer. In some places it is referred as=20
> compatibility layer, in some other it is emulation layer... Sorry for=20
> the confusion.
>
I'd like to have native FreeBSD programs not some RedH=E4t 8.0=20
compatibility layered...piece of ...

>
> Third Issue:
>
>
> /"PC-BSD default tools"/
>
> I think most of it is better leave for 2.0 version of PC-BSD.
> /
>
> /The Internetworking Manager, the permission manager and the ports gui=20
> should be here before 1.0 The rest can be added after. as i said, some=20
> things are not to be applied immediately./
> //
> /

Okei this is getting too political right now :))))