On 05/29/2009 11:14 AM, Austin English wrote:
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:10 AM, chris ahrendtcelticht32@yahoo.com wrote:
Question on this debate:
Has AJ documented anywhere what the architectural issues are so they can be addressed? I have not seen this in the thread and was just wondering. If we have them documented then its a relatively easy task to address each of them. Yes it may be a hack but you would be surprised at how much of Windows is a hack internally.
Do we even have an architectural document or guidelines to reference?
If you read the entire thread, you'll see that the DIB design is not a puzzle that can be carved out and dropped in. The DIB engine must be designed from scratch. Designing the DIB architecture is half of the work itself, since that involves planning a lot of the code/testing, etc.
He pointed out a few things he didn't like about Massimo's design, but not a full 'here's the spec, do this exactly'.
For more details, read the full thread and past discussions.
-- -Austin
Right Austin, I have... thats why I asked the question why not sit down and say here is what we want from the DIB engine here is the Spec do this .. I have seen the here is what I don't like. But nothing showing what exactly is needed. This would be the first step in resolving this circular argument / discussion which is what I am trying to facilitate =D. Until that is done all we can do is have this same circular argument / discussion =D
chris
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:50 AM, chris ahrendt celticht32@yahoo.com wrote:
Right Austin, I have... thats why I asked the question why not sit down and say here is what we want from the DIB engine here is the Spec do this .. I have seen the here is what I don't like. But nothing showing what exactly is needed. This would be the first step in resolving this circular argument / discussion which is what I am trying to facilitate =D. Until that is done all we can do is have this same circular argument / discussion =D
As was said in the other thread, just designing it alone would take a few months work. AJ is really busy with other things, and a few months work is both a lot of money and a lot of wasted productivity. No one is stepping up to sponsor the work, so it's a bit hard for him to take that on.
2009/5/29 Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com:
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:50 AM, chris ahrendt celticht32@yahoo.com wrote:
Right Austin, I have... thats why I asked the question why not sit down and say here is what we want from the DIB engine here is the Spec do this .. I have seen the here is what I don't like. But nothing showing what exactly is needed. This would be the first step in resolving this circular argument / discussion which is what I am trying to facilitate =D. Until that is done all we can do is have this same circular argument / discussion =D
As was said in the other thread, just designing it alone would take a few months work. AJ is really busy with other things, and a few months work is both a lot of money and a lot of wasted productivity. No one is stepping up to sponsor the work, so it's a bit hard for him to take that on.
-- -Austin
Heh, I wonder if someone should approach Autodesk and say, "Give us sponsorship and we'll get Autocad running on Linux" they surely have deep pockets :)
Luke.
P.S. Must learn to reply to all, sorry Austin
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