From:	Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: netbd.h, sockets.h, in.h and types.h don't work
Date:	Fri, 02 Jun 2000 19:18:27 +0100
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Hello.

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> As we both know, adding a large body of code to djdev is quite a bit
> more complex than simply releasing an add-on.

Yeah, I think we're both on the same page with this discussion. ;)

> But I was referring to the sheer size of the distribution.  Adding a
> large amount of code that most people don't use is something that
> should be carefully considered.

That's even before considering the question of whether the libraries are
of high enough quality to add to djdev. libsocket has a number of flaws
that make this inconceivable, at least for some time. I'm not in a
position to comment about other libraries.

Bye,

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Richard Dawe
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