wcmd isn't thought of as sexy, but it's important; for instance, some installers use it under the hood. Things like if "%1" == "%2" and the /wait commandline flag are not yet implemented. It wouldn't be all that hard to get wcmd far enough along to make those installers happy; I think it'd make a good SoC project. - Dan
-- Wine for Windows ISVs: http://kegel.com/wine/isv
Dan Kegel wrote:
wcmd isn't thought of as sexy, but it's important; for instance, some installers use it under the hood. Things like if "%1" == "%2" and the /wait commandline flag are not yet implemented. It wouldn't be all that hard to get wcmd far enough along to make those installers happy; I think it'd make a good SoC project.
- Dan
-- Wine for Windows ISVs: http://kegel.com/wine/isv
Hello,
Not to take anything away from someone that wants to do a SoC project. But I'm a ROS dev and I know you guys arent taking patches from us right now but that aside, one of my shorter term goals is to try and sync wcmd(if it is what i think it is, i dont use linux / wine often so maybe im misintercepting it) with the ROS cmd. So just keep that in mind. I would also be more then willing to mentor someone for this project, assuming I am not disqualified based solely on the fact I am a ROS dev.
Brandon
P.S. sorry dan for not replying to the list the first time.
Brandon Turner wrote:
Dan Kegel wrote:
wcmd isn't thought of as sexy, but it's important; for instance, some installers use it under the hood. Things like if "%1" == "%2" and the /wait commandline flag are not yet implemented. It wouldn't be all that hard to get wcmd far enough along to make those installers happy; I think it'd make a good SoC project.
- Dan
-- Wine for Windows ISVs: http://kegel.com/wine/isv
Hello,
Not to take anything away from someone that wants to do a SoC project. But I'm a ROS dev and I know you guys arent taking patches from us right now but that aside, one of my shorter term goals is to try and sync wcmd(if it is what i think it is, i dont use linux / wine often so maybe im misintercepting it) with the ROS cmd. So just keep that in mind. I would also be more then willing to mentor someone for this project, assuming I am not disqualified based solely on the fact I am a ROS dev.
I'm pretty sure no-one is being disqualified base solely on the fact that they're from a certain project. Trust is earnt over time from submitting many good patches and people like Eric Kohl and Thomas Weidenmüller have done so and had them committed. Adding test cases helps, and if the function is undocumented then an explanation as to why it's required if it's not obvious also helps build that trust.
Hi Brandon,
On 4/21/06, Brandon Turner turnerb7@msu.edu wrote:
Not to take anything away from someone that wants to do a SoC project. But I'm a ROS dev and I know you guys arent taking patches from us right now but that aside, one of my shorter term goals is to try and sync wcmd(if it is what i think it is, i dont use linux / wine often so maybe im misintercepting it) with the ROS cmd. So just keep that in mind. I would also be more then willing to mentor someone for this project, assuming I am not disqualified based solely on the fact I am a ROS dev.
The real issue is the ReactOS cmd and wcmd do not come from the same code. ReactOS cmd as you know is a 32bit port of the freedos cmd where wcmd is a totally new implementation. The reason for this is because its LGPL where FreeDOS and ROS CMD are GPL. Alexandre has stated in the past that he does not object to having GPL tools in the tree if there is no other option however most users don't need 100% cmd.exe compatiblity so getting Wine to adopt ReactOS cmd (all other issue aside) is going to be next to impossible.
-- Steven Edwards
"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo
Yes, Greatlord brought this to my attention today as well. I wasnt planning on moving ROS cmd into Wine really. I was more planning on moving Wcmd into ROS(Yes, I would have to talk with other ROS devs about this idea first I'm aware) and then filling in all the features that arent competele. Greatlord said that there might be problems doing that as well with the way wcmd is coded. To be honest, I havent spent much time looking into the specifics of the project yet, it is more of something that has been in the back of my head which I wanted to do during my summer break.
Brandon
Steven Edwards wrote:
Hi Brandon,
On 4/21/06, Brandon Turner turnerb7@msu.edu wrote:
Not to take anything away from someone that wants to do a SoC project. But I'm a ROS dev and I know you guys arent taking patches from us right now but that aside, one of my shorter term goals is to try and sync wcmd(if it is what i think it is, i dont use linux / wine often so maybe im misintercepting it) with the ROS cmd. So just keep that in mind. I would also be more then willing to mentor someone for this project, assuming I am not disqualified based solely on the fact I am a ROS dev.
The real issue is the ReactOS cmd and wcmd do not come from the same code. ReactOS cmd as you know is a 32bit port of the freedos cmd where wcmd is a totally new implementation. The reason for this is because its LGPL where FreeDOS and ROS CMD are GPL. Alexandre has stated in the past that he does not object to having GPL tools in the tree if there is no other option however most users don't need 100% cmd.exe compatiblity so getting Wine to adopt ReactOS cmd (all other issue aside) is going to be next to impossible.
-- Steven Edwards
"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo
Brandon Turner wrote:
Yes, Greatlord brought this to my attention today as well. I wasnt planning on moving ROS cmd into Wine really. I was more planning on moving Wcmd into ROS(Yes, I would have to talk with other ROS devs about this idea first I'm aware) and then filling in all the features that arent competele. Greatlord said that there might be problems doing that as well with the way wcmd is coded. To be honest, I havent spent much time looking into the specifics of the project yet, it is more of something that has been in the back of my head which I wanted to do during my summer break. Brandon
Steven Edwards wrote:
Hi Brandon,
On 4/21/06, Brandon Turner turnerb7@msu.edu wrote:
Not to take anything away from someone that wants to do a SoC project. But I'm a ROS dev and I know you guys arent taking patches from us right now but that aside, one of my shorter term goals is to try and sync wcmd(if it is what i think it is, i dont use linux / wine often so maybe im misintercepting it) with the ROS cmd. So just keep that in mind. I would also be more then willing to mentor someone for this project, assuming I am not disqualified based solely on the fact I am a ROS dev.
The real issue is the ReactOS cmd and wcmd do not come from the same code. ReactOS cmd as you know is a 32bit port of the freedos cmd where wcmd is a totally new implementation. The reason for this is because its LGPL where FreeDOS and ROS CMD are GPL. Alexandre has stated in the past that he does not object to having GPL tools in the tree if there is no other option however most users don't need 100% cmd.exe compatiblity so getting Wine to adopt ReactOS cmd (all other issue aside) is going to be next to impossible.
-- Steven Edwards
"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo
I think it is of note that Freecom (COMMAND.COM for FreeDOS) may contain code that can pretain to Wine, if used properly. This fact is often overlooked.
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