Re: [SNG-chat] Let's start something up (was: Re: [epona] Epona "is this the end")

[Daniel E. <da...@ze...>]

I also disagree with portability on the services. It has
to run on unix, that's it. If it compiles under cygwin
great if not... most wont care.  

I'm sure that we, as a group can indeed improve Epona 
as we know it. Again, release bug fixes first, then 
small features, then big features. Most of us already 
have a few patches to put it. We'd need to get organized
and do it. 

About services-ng, that could also happen, but I know that
I'll give less of my time to it since it will be java based.

The first thing is that somebody (or more than one) has
to step up as the new Epona project leader to coordinate
all our efforts. I know of a few in here that would do a
great job at it. I have no problem being that person, I
could easily set everything up and start getting patches
in about a week. 

should we do that?

d.

On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 09:23:55PM +0200, Noam M. wrote:
> Daniele Nicolucci (Jollino) wrote:
> <snip>
> >- Installing a recent JRE to make services live in a fast JVM would 
> >probably be too tricky, if not impossible, in some configurations
> >- Installing gcc 3.x to compile Java stuff into native machine code 
> >would probably be even worse
> >
> >This is because many machines running irc services are often used for 
> >other stuff, and they just can't afford the risk of upgrading the JRE 
> >(they could be using java for some stuff that can't be interrupted), or 
> >even worse, upgrading to gcc 3.x to compile services. Upgrading gcc 
> >could even mean, in the most Armageddon-like situation, that the whole 
> >system ends up being messed up by accidental overwriting of libraries. 
> >It's a possibility, although it's improbable. But it's still possible.
> >
> I have a suggestion on how to solve this problem.
> provide compiled versions of your services on all popular operating systems.
> this might be tricky due to the so many operating systems out there, but 
> I'm sure you can find ppl who are willing to compile it for you.
> Im no expert with *nix in general, and never even seen/used java as a 
> language, so my suggestion might not even be possible.
> 
> -Noam M.
> 
> 
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