Hi all,
Well despite Rob Kenricks's probably highly accurate description of how
development for RISC OS is ("hateful"!), I am interested, and have expressed
that interest on the developers' mailing list. And I'm not the only one.
I've had quick responses to the (so far few) questions I've asked, and I
believe that the existing NetSurf developers will continue to bend over
backwards to help anyone with the time and inclination to maintain the RISC OS
front end. They just haven't got the time or the inclination to do it
themselves. I'm sure everyone here can understand that.
Right now my time is very limited, just like most other people's. However, I am
looking over the sources in the little free time I do have, and I'm starting to
get a feel for things. I fully expect to be able to make a positive
contribution to the project in time, but I can't just pick up such a large
software project and start committing code without a pretty serious investment
of time. So patience is required before I, or anyone else I should think, can
get up to speed with the project and fill in the gaps. I would therefore
understand if the core developers wanted to drop RISC OS support and merge
their improvements for now to prevent this stall in development affecting the
other platforms for any longer than it has already.
That doesn't mean I or somebody else can't be working on getting the RISC OS
front end back into shape at a later date, does it? It would just mean RISC OS
autobuilds had to stop for a period, I think.
Correct me if I'm wrong!
WPB
