Re: Carbon port and multi-tty

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>,  address@hidden
> Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 10:56:32 +0200
> 
> So it may be smarter to leave the support of non-free software
> systems mostly to those actually using the system, to the degree that
> they are able to contribute to this support (even if it means just
> digging up information, user interaction guidelines, preparing a good
> plan of what they would need implemented, writing documentation for it
> and so on).

I agree, but that's not what I was talking about.  I'm not naive
enough to ask someone who doesn't use a platform to develop code for
it.  I'm asking for a _minimal_ effort not to _break_ it.  This
minimal effort, IMO, is confined to these guidelines:

 . When considering changes, take into consideration their effect on
   other platforms (ask the experts, if needed), and avoid making
   changes that will affect those other platforms badly.

 . When implementing changes, if you don't know enough to implement
   them correctly on other platforms, make them conditionally compiled
   only on those you do know, and provide enough info and heads-up for
   the other platforms' specialists to finish implementation on their
   platforms.