what about using this? internally maybe its necesary to move kernel goal to Windows 7 or even 8.1, but this way it would be much harder to get ReactOS stable at last.....
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:27 PM, David Quintana (gigaherz) < gigah...@gmail.com> wrote: > SxS doesn't require links, it makes use of them to reduce the actual disk > usage. The conversation was about how many people "hate" the WinSxS folder > because when you look at the properties in explorer it shows a very large > number of GB, but fail to realize this number is not accurate due to the > large number of DLLs that are shared with System32. If we can't make use of > hardlinks, we can just copy the actual files. The HDD space used will grow, > but it's not like if our installation is 15gb... ;P > > On 10 March 2015 at 13:41, Pierre Schweitzer <pie...@reactos.org> wrote: > >> I'm not sure you realize what you're praising. >> >> Links & junctions are not supported on FAT, they require NTFS. >> >> On 03/10/2015 12:37 PM, Huw Campbell wrote: >> > SxS uses hard links, not symlinks. >> > Seems like the way to go too, as we're already hitting the boundary >> with common controls and it's how windows does version compatibly. >> > Huw >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: "Ged Murphy" <gedmurphy.mailli...@gmail.com> >> > Sent: 10/03/2015 10:27 PM >> > To: "'ReactOS Development List'" <ros-dev@reactos.org> >> > Subject: Re: [ros-dev] ReactOS versioning >> > >> > It might also be useful to employ some form of heuristics as UAC does. >> Things like file name detection, string table detection, marked processes >> via user defined requests or a hash database, etc. Perhaps even scanning >> the imports (although this is harder to manage due to people using >> GetProcAddress to detect OS version) >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-boun...@reactos.org] On Behalf Of Timo >> Kreuzer >> > Sent: 07 March 2015 12:44 >> > To: ReactOS Development List >> > Subject: [ros-dev] ReactOS versioning >> > >> > >> > 1. We need a method to specify which application should be run in which >> environment. We should probably use the same mechanism that is used on >> Windows. Compatibility information is stored in a registry key >> HKCU\Software\Microsodt\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\... The >> trick is to make this easy / transparent for the user. A right-click -> >> properties -> compatibility approach should for now probably be the easiest >> thing, >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Ros-dev mailing list >> > Ros-dev@reactos.org >> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Ros-dev mailing list >> > Ros-dev@reactos.org >> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> > >> >> >> -- >> Pierre Schweitzer <pie...@reactos.org> >> System & Network Administrator >> Senior Kernel Developer >> ReactOS Deutschland e.V. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ros-dev mailing list >> Ros-dev@reactos.org >> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev@reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >
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