Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/01/27/00:47:48
On Tue, 27 Jan 1998 00:37:23 +0100 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp Robert
Hoehne <robert DOT hoehne AT gmx DOT net> wrote:
: George Foot wrote :
: >
: > Would this have to go into the gcc sources as maintained by the FSF?
: > If so, do they mind having DOS-specific features added? I get the
: They have already some DOS-specific "features" like sometimes checking
: for drive names :-)
Yes but that's essential; I was asking more about non-essential
diagnostics (such as are being discussed).
: I think the main problem for your impression is, that you
: 1) have never (or seldom) sent a patch
Never.
: 2) don't know how hard it is to maintain a large package. I'm
: maintaining
: RHIDE, which is not the smallest program, but I can imagine only in
: my
: dreams how hard it would be with gcc which should run on nearly any
: platform which is currently available in the unix and DOS world
: existent.
I have never maintained a large package but I'm not so naive that I
think it would be simple! :) However, were I to maintain such a
package I don't think I'd (personally) much like people adding
features in OS-specific code which might also be useful on other
OSes. But as I said, I have no experience maintaining enormous
packages like gcc. Ignore me :).
--
Regards,
george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk
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