Re: [MiNT] MiNTLib / Kernel Future and also SpareMiNT.....

[Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no>]

On 05/27/2010 09:12 PM, Alan Hourihane wrote:

>> But someone actually needs to prepare this roadmap.  And that person who 
>> understands what is needed could be the decision maker anyway.  Who do 
>> we give the authority to dictate the direction of our platform?  Who 
>> even wants it.
> 
> Well the people who develop pretty much dictate the direction, and they
> take feedback or feature ideas from interested parties and implement.

But these people usually have some long term goals too, and it would be
nice if they could be shared in a roadmap. If this is combined with an
actively used bugtracker, I think this will encourage more people to
work on the project. It's a good way to get to know the codebase - pick
a bug or a small feature and start digging into it.

FreeMiNT/XaAES is gaining a lot of momentum now that the ACP/FireBee is
becoming a reality. We should take advantage of this and try to attract
more coders. Also, the bugtracker should be *the* tool for users to
report bugs.

>> PS: I vote for Alan as a new kernel leader.   He's already been 
>> performing this role anyway.
> 
> I'm quite happy to do this and will certainly be making a release soon
> of the kernel with our thanks to Frank.

Thank you :-)

> The "daily binary builds" make this task much easier as we can have a
> wider audience testing the kernels.

I finally got my Milan permanently online just today (for the last three
years I've only had access to wifi) so now I can try these builds too :-)

Also, I've started to work on my MiNT installer again. When iẗ́'s
finished, I hope that it can be used as the "official" installer. It
would be very nice if the daily binary build could result in a zip that
contains the installer. Upgrading would then be as simple as unpacking
the archive and start the installer.

Jo Even