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I think nobody would care if the RSDXNT port would be deleted
in anyway, RSDXNT doesnt even compile proper simple windows programs
itself (not to metion allegro)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henrik Stokseth" <hstokset@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <conductors@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 1:38 AM
Subject: Re: [AD] ouch! (reg. allegro beos port)
> Angelo Mottola <a.mottola@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > About the BeOS Allegro port: I'm now using BeOS as my primary OS
(writing
> > this from there), and there have been a lot of changes to the port
> lately -
> > guess you never tried it before, as it is already completed and fully
> working
> > (maybe there are some minor things left)... Probably WIP 3.9.38 will
have
> > more changes on the BeOS port like it never had before, so you really
> can't
> > say it is unmaintained =)
>
> i wasn't talking about just beos. the rsxntdj, watcom and the borland
build
> is currently unmaintained and unless they are fixed up before allegro 4.0
> they should be removed from the actual release. there's a big chance that
> rsxntdj and borland will still be there as both compilers are freely
> available. the thing is with beos that it looks like it will slowly
> disappear, and beos users are few.
>
> > It should be clear now that I'm strongly against separating the BeOS
port
> > from the official Allegro 4 release. It would be a shame!
>
> i have to agree. i guess beos will still be around for some more time. i
had
> more in mind separating out the mac port since large parts of it is not
> finished. perhaps in a few years when beos and dos are extinct the same
will
> happen to those ports? or is that flame-bait? LOL.
>
> Sincerely Henrik Stokseth.
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