Re: [SNG-chat] Let's start something up (was: Re: [epona] Epona 'is this the end')
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From: David R. <dav...@vi...> - 2003-01-24 09:07:24
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I wouldn't mind working on bugs / new features (if its organised we might actaully see the bug reports so we know where they are!), but I agree someone needs to be running it, if not, we'll all produce lots of fix's, and they will never be incorperated :/ If anyone can contact lara, asking her to appoint a successor to carry on development would be nice :) I have no problems with anyone doing it long as it isnt me, i couldnt organise anything :) Rob > 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. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.NET email is sponsored by: >> SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! >> http://www.vasoftware.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Servicesng-chat mailing list >> Ser...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/servicesng-chat > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Servicesng-chat mailing list > Ser...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/servicesng-chat |