On Thursday, March 14, 2002, at 11:50 AM, Scott Boone wrote:
Hello all...
Is Apple listening on this list?
I'm sure that individuals from Apple have subscribed to the list. That
doesn't mean that this is the right way to get their (Apple's corporate)
attention, though.
I would like to see some sort of prioritization list compiled for
porting
efforts. Some way that interested porters can find projects as well as
for
the non-programming inclined to rank the importance of projects and
suggest
new ones. I think that Apple heading this up would be the most
authoritative; although I would expect some form of input from Apple as
well
(about which projects they could help, won't help, etc).
I think that a prioritized list would be a good thing to have, but I
also think that it's a 'community' effort, not an Apple corporate
responsibility. My guess is that if a particular port is important to
Apple, they will go to the 'source' and make it happen on their own.
The point of having this kind of list is to facilitate the growth of a
community, and to have that list grow out of the community's needs.
This is from Ernie's message:
If you're trying to port software to Mac OS X from UNIX, Linux, or BSD,
then this is the list for you. This list is for community discussions
regarding all the questions people face when doing a port: What's
different about Darwin? Which high-level toolkits should I use for my
GUI? Is there a workaround for this problem? Has someone tried to port
this before?
If anyone cares, I am waiting on qmail or Courier MTA (preferred).
IANAP,
and both fail to compile. I think both would provide a schweet base for
further (simpler) RB or AppleScript Studio work for front ends,
configurators, and log viewers.
Feel free to dig right in :-}.
Regards,
Justin
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