DOS ain't dead

GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 13.01.2013, 21:07

The main priorities for GNU are (AFAICT) Linux and Hurd and related software. Though the GNU Coding Standards doc does say this:

"In particular, don?t reject a new feature, or remove an old one, merely because a standard says it is 'forbidden' or 'deprecated'."

But, face it, when the heck was the last time a GNU maintainer (or any *nix or Windows user) gave a crap about anyone else? Automake requires Autoconf, which assumes a POSIX shell plus lots of POSIX utils. Usually it "barely" works in other places, e.g. DJGPP with ancient Bash 2.x (under DOSEMU or NTVDM). None of the *nix nerds even bother testing with DJGPP (though it's freely available), so I'm not really surprised. Plus most projects have long ago dropped working (much less non-working) DJGPP support.

So yeah, we know DOS is cool, but most people want shinier, newer bullcraps to mess with (OpenGL? HTML5? Unicode? SMP? x64?).

Complete thread:

• GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - bocke, 12.01.2013, 20:27 (Announce)
  • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - RayeR, 12.01.2013, 21:39
    • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - Rugxulo, 13.01.2013, 21:07
      • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - bocke, 14.01.2013, 23:05
    • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - bocke, 14.01.2013, 22:30
  • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - marcov, 16.01.2013, 15:12
    • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - RayeR, 16.01.2013, 17:42
    • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - bocke, 18.01.2013, 16:22
      • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - Rugxulo, 18.01.2013, 17:43
        • GNU Automake to drop DJGPP support - bocke, 19.01.2013, 10:02