Hi Josef, > looking back at the the roadmap of 2016 it is clear that we missed some > items; nevertheless, I think all in all the year went well. Norman already > noted some observations, namely prioritizing the existing user base > over the future one. Looking back at this week's clean-up efforts I > believe that spending more time on refining the base APIs was indeed the > right decision. Using the new interface or switching the used kernel > seamlessly while testing components feels so natural now and with the > ABI mechanism provides a great foundation for building the infrastructure > for package/deployment management.
it's really nice to read your reflection, now that we adapted a significant amount of components to the new API. This is exactly what I hoped to achieve with the new API! > That being said, one thing I missed from last year's roadmap discussion > (although I am not sure if that was actually discussed on the ML or only > at a coffee break) is the intention of making more information about > Genode available to and by the community, i.e. in the form of writing > how-tos for specific tasks or just by writing informally about interesting > things that happend while working on Genode. Since parts of the APIs were > or are still in flux I understand that it is difficult to write detailed > articles that are valid for the years to come and probably one of the > reason why one hesitates to spend time on that. That merely leaves the > more informal part. Judging by the huge amount of out-dated information > for <insert your favourite topic here> in all the weblogs on the internet > I am not sure if spending time on that is a good idea either. Than again, > were is the harm in documenting the process of writing a new component or > porting existing software [1] to Genode? After all it should be fine if > the focus is more on the process or the methodology. So, that is a goal of > mine for 2017 — scheduled (emphasis on that) writing about what I do with > Genode in hope that it is useful to somebody or even that others join in > :-) I like the idea very much. Dropping a comprehensive release-notes document every three months is not perfect to keep the attention of interested bystanders captured. A blog-like format would be a very good addition! Cheers Norman -- Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske Genode Labs http://www.genode-labs.com · http://genode.org Genode Labs GmbH · Amtsgericht Dresden · HRB 28424 · Sitz Dresden Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske, Christian Helmuth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ genode-main mailing list genode-main@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/genode-main
