Re: Carbon port and multi-tty

[David Kastrup]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> 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.

I don't think that developers here have the habit of breaking things
gratuitously.

-- 
David Kastrup