From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Mar 3 09:57:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA20276 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:57:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from adsdevelop2.autodebit.com ([204.50.245.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA20261 for ; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:57:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from davidg@autodebit.com) Received: by adsdevelop2.autodebit.com with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1457.3) id ; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:59:03 -0800 Message-ID: <71D507C37988D11182ED0000F80462AC69E0@adsdevelop2.autodebit.com> From: David Green-Seed To: "'Joao Carlos Mendes Luis'" Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: A new cd player program for FreeBSD Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:59:01 -0800 X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1457.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk I realize that ports are important. I wasn't interested in doing a port - this was somewhat of an exercise for me (to learn XLib) My code is definitely not a port or a patch of WMRack. The idea for it was taken from WMRack, but I wrote the player from scratch in C++. You're right about FreeBSD only. I would welcome a port to Linux - just I don't have the facilities to do it. Dave. _________________________ David Green-Seed davidg@autodebit.com Automated Debit Systems > -----Original Message----- > From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis [SMTP:jonny@coppe.ufrj.br] > Sent: Monday, March 02, 1998 7:10 PM > To: john@loverso.southborough.ma.us > Cc: davidg@autodebit.com; freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: A new cd player program for FreeBSD > > #define quoting(John Robert LoVerso) > // Where as your program looks nice, why is there a proliferation of > // "Linux-only" or "FreeBSD-only" applications? Does "WMRack" contain > // code that makes it impossible for it to work on other operating > // systems? Does your cd play have the same nod towards FreeBSD? > // Have people forgotten about "porting" and "portable software"? > > Taken from WMRack page: > > "Caution: Only tested under Linux! Send bug-reports including full > description to Oliver Graf. Patchs for different systems are welcome." > > David, do you consider your program new from scratch or could it > be a "port" ? Why not send the patchs to work with FreeBSD to > the original WMRack author, and also making a port to the FreeBSD > ports tree ? > > Please David, note that I'm not underconsidering your work, but you > said it was based on WMRack, so why just copy instead of working > together, specially when the author is willing to do that ? > > I agree with John about Linux-Only applications, but making them > FreeBSD-only is not the solution. Let's make them Unix-wide. > > Jonny > > -- > Joao Carlos Mendes Luis jonny@gta.ufrj.br > +55 21 290-4698 jonny@coppe.ufrj.br > Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro UFRJ/COPPE/CISI > PGP fingerprint: 29 C0 50 B9 B6 3E 58 F2 83 5F E3 26 BF 0F EA 67 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message