Re: [MiNT] patch:MiNT:KM_FREE

[Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>]

 On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Helmut Karlowski
<helmut.karlowski@ish.de> wrote:
> Am 27.12.2009, 23:54 Uhr, schrieb Vincent Rivière
> <vincent.riviere@freesbee.fr>:
>
>> The only question to ask when adding a new functionality is: will this be
>> an incompatibility problem for the next versions ?
>> In the case of your KM_FREE proposition, I don't think it is harmful for
>
> Surely not now. In the future someone has to rethink everything and do a
> long-lasting design. So now it should be as simple as possible to be able to
> remove or extend it later.
>
>> So let's go !
>
> Go for atari 2010! :)
>
> -Helmut
>

This is a perfect example of one of the things that needs a dedicated
web site (or space) so everyone can see what the structure can, is and
should be, to also allow for that "longer lasting design" mentioned by
Helmut. In the meantime (for CVS) a working fix is available, if
somewhat unsatisfactory for long term use

Rob this is another one of those item I would throw up for TOS5, and
CVS roadmap, somewhere in the FreeMint section, and it is apparent its
is kind of urgent, at least in defining structure and fleshing out
design (or KM), so that if nothing else, a longer term fix can be made

The KM name issue, peeps need to be thinking about the driver modules
at the same time, and fVDI as KM, is such a way as the resulting
implementation makes sense. Are there any other sources of inspiration
for this? Unix? SunOS? NixOS?

BTW its 2010 already :)

Paul