Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/1998/10/28/12:26:37
On Sun, 25 Oct 1998, bowman wrote:
> However, I need the feedback on bugs, misfeatures, and requests for
> changes on the package specific to DOS. I've included my contact
> info in the readme.djg. Is that sufficient, and does that make me
> the maintainer of the djgpp version?
It is sufficient. It makes you a maintainer if you want to be one,
since you can always tell people you don't have time to fix problems
right now. It's entirely up to you.
Of course, anybody else could make an improved port, or port a later
version, and call themselves ``maintainer'' as well. It's a free
world.
> This is public domain, but is not GNU. Is that something that would
> be appropriate to have on the djgpp site, or would it be better to
> just put it on my website, and let people know it is available, if
> they are interested?
SimTel is the best place (IMHO) since it has so many mirrors. There
are v2tk, v2misc and v2apps directories for non-GNU stuff.
> I've been quite impressed with MC, and would like to add features to
> it that are appropriate to DOS and Windows, but will be of no
> interest to the GNU community at large.
It is always best to send the diffs to the GNU maintainers. Most of
them don't mind adding features specific to non-Unix platforms, but
this way you make sure your changes will not be lost.
> For instance, do the _dpmi, _bios, _go32 type functions in the djgpp
> package ever find their way back to the GNU world, or are these
> maintained at the local level.
They aren't supposed to. DJGPP is not GNU, it just uses a lot of GNU
stuff to make creation of a development environment easier without
reinventing a lot of wheels. But it also adds its own specific code
and utilities that aren't GNU and aren't supposed to propagate back
into the GNU project (which at least currently isn't interested in
supporting MS platforms).
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