Message-ID: <001801beeb69$699f65e0$0100a8c0@pcpablo> From: "Pablo M. Dotro" To: References: <12077006 AT mail DOT sion DOT com> Subject: Re: fall of rsxntdj?? Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 21:09:18 -0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com > Martin Stromberg wrote in message > news:7pe6ns$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)