Re: [ros-kernel] Cleanup

[Eric K. <ek...@rz...>]

"Casper Hornstrup" <ch...@us...> wrote:

> Oh, it would be nice if you could fix such compatibility issues when you
> spot them. It will make the transition easier ;o)

Done! :-)


> Another issue is, when we use w32api and winddk from MinGW, how do we
> handle additions to those? We can submit patches to MinGW, but when our
> code base depends on these additions, then ReactOS developers must use
> the latest w32api and winddk from CVS in order to compile. Of course, we
> can try to batch such additions in order to minimize the number of
> upgrades necesarry.

The only way to avoid any problems of this kind is to keep our own header
files and import libraries (SDK and DDK). We'd have to sync them with MinGW
every now and then. Even if we use the latest w32api and winddk from CVS, it
will always take a while until a patch gets checked into the MinGW tree.
Until then, the ReactOS CVS tree and the MinGW CVS tree will be out of sync.
We'll have to avoid this.

Eric