Future of NEdit?

[Thorsten Haude]

Hi,

* Thomas Orgis wrote (2008-01-03 02:41):
>schrieb Thorsten Haude <yoo at vranx.de>: 
>> 3. World
>> 
>>     - 32 vs. 64 bits
>> 
>> This doesn't look like it would be terribly difficult to handle, but
>> it must be done, and it can't wait, so resources are missing elsewhere.
>
>What is the problem? I'm using nedit (compiled with openmotif on Source
>Mage GNU/Linux) on the only real 64bit PC system, DEC/Compaq Alpha;-),
>and on x86_64 as well.
>Didn't encounter any specific bug.

There were some, IIRC. Nothing bad, just a bit more work.


>> On the other hand, at least Red Hat's packer spend considerable effort
>> working on their NEdit; I'm sure other distributions are similar.
>
>Hm, we have a bit of Makefile hacking and the renaming of nc to ncl in
>Source Mage...

We won't find big patches that will make everyone happy, but mostly
little stuff that is repeated over and over again, like renaming of nc
or fixing the race conditions from a few years back.


Thorsten
-- 
Trying to make bits uncopyable is like trying to make water not wet.
The sooner people accept this, and build business models that take
this into account, the sooner people will start making money again.
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