RE: [MiNT] What's in, what's out?

["Julian Reschke" <reschke@medicaldataservice.de>]

>  Hmm.. I just thought I would like to comment on the "if I would *want*
> Linux" statement. I always looked at MiNT as a Linux-compatible OS that
> can also run GEM applications. And I really think that the direction MiNT
> currently is going, is the right one from MiNT. What direction would be
> "correct" for MiNT, if not trying to get as compatible as possible with
> Linux, yet stay compatible with TOS? The only other "way" I can think of
> is the same as MagiC is going, and I would not like that very much. MiNT,
> and its near-Linux-compatibility-but-coming-closer is almost the only
> reason I have for staying with Atari-machines. But I do agree that we
> should not threaten TOS compatibility too much either. The beauty of MiNT
> is that I can have the best (well, almost - but keep coming closer) of two
> worlds... on genuine Atari hardware, or Atari clones.
>
>  So, I don't think "if I would *want* linux" is a relevant statement,
> sorry.

Well, it is when you consider breaking compatibility. For instance, Eric
Smith (or was it Allan Pratt?) has refused to put backslash to slash
conversion into the kernel, because it breaks existing functionality in
TOSFS (you can open files which contain a "/" in the filename).