Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/08/20/22:13:31
> Martin Stromberg <Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se> wrote in message
> news:7pe6ns$kil$1 AT antares DOT lu DOT erisoft DOT se...
> > Have you been in contact with him? Perhaps he doesn't have time
> > reading this newsgroup? Then he needs to alerted to these problems.
>
> Yes, I've been in contact with him. He was extremely rude and
un-interested
> in what I told him (I explained some of the problems).
>
> > Perhaps he doesn't have time updating RSXNTDJ? Then he needs some help
> > with that.
>
> Then why doesn't he ask for it?
He might have lost interest in the problem...
>
> > As you seem to know RSXNTDJ, perhaps you could write up a document
> > explaining the problems and their solutions with regard to
> > RSXNTDJ. Then submitting it to Eli for inclusion in the FAQ. This is
> > surely much more productive than writing posts complaining about
> > RSXNTDJ.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, it's not worth it. The problems with RSXNTDJ
> basically render it completely useless to a first time user that doesn't
> know much about DJGPP in general.
>
> > In short, _do_ something instead of complaining.
>
> Excuse me? For the last 4-5 months I've been answering questions oabout
> RSXNTDJ. When they started I was under the impression that maybe Rainer
> would do something about the problems (they are minimal fixes), but he
> hasn't.
>
> I'm not trying to be rude to you, and I'm sure you weren't trying to
offend
> me, but it's understandable that I'm a bit touchy about RSXNTDJs
"problems".
>
> I'm just thinking, maybe I should release a new version. Make some decent
> help files for it, fix the libraries problem, maybe include RSXNTDJ as a
> switch to GCC again. Would I be looking for trouble if I just went ahead
and
> did it without consulting Rainer? I think maybe I should ask him first, if
> he really is THAT busy then he wouldn't mind, now would he?
>
> Now, would there be any call for this? Or has everyone abandoned RSXNTDJ
> forever? I'm willing to fix this thing (if only to save my bandwidth :-))
>
> --
> Johan Venter
> ICQ 3643877
> surf.to/djgppig
I believe you have to ask for permission to the author before doing anything
to it. If Mr. Rainer is to busy, or has lost interest in his product, then
it is likely to "pass it" to you. Anyway, ask him.
I cannot contribute with the develpment directly, but I am willing to try o
set it up and help to beta test it.
If it works, RSXNTDJ could be a great add on to DJGPP. Nowdays, the ability
to create Win32 executables is very important, it could be an injection of
new blood to the DJGPP comunity if we could develop applications, reliable
applications, for the Win9x/NT plataform. May be we could demostrate that
not all Windows developing is full of bugs.
RSKNTDJ could open the door to Winsock libraries, DirectX and the MS Jet
engine, allowing the development comunity to create professional and state
of the art (at least by Windows standards) applications.
Please do not flame me, but even as I love DOS as a develpment and working
environment, the Win32 plataform is just what everyone uses.
Pablo M. Dotro
pyd AT sion DOT com
pdotro AT USSEnterprise DOT com
http://www.usuarios.sion.com/abismo
ICQ:18144918
----- BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK -----
Version 3.12
GCS/S/IT/CM d- s: a22 c++$ UL P+ E W++ N++ o K- w
O? M V? PS PE- Y+ PGP>+ t++ 5+ X+ R+>+++ tv b++ DI? D++
G++ e h! r- y+
-----END GEEK CODE BLOCK -----
(para decodificar, visite www.geekcode.com)
- Raw text -