Re: Porting to different architectures

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--- Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ar Llu, 2006-07-31 am 21:47 +0200, ysgrifennodd
> Javier Sedano:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Richard Wallman wrote:
> > > 
> > > There doesn't seem to be any of the project
> admins (the ones with the
> > > CVS SSH key) awake ATM - I was going to see if I
> could get a copy of the
> > > key so that *someone* could commit changes!
> Failing that, I would
> > > (reluctantly) have to fork the project just to
> keep things moving.
> > > 
> > 
> > 	I think there is a (slow, painful, bureaucratic)
> mechanism to retake 
> > abandoned projects. If you really want to do it,
> mail the sourceforge 
> > team to look for a solution.
> 
> If you plan to use it as the basis for a new OS for
> something else I
> would fork it. The existing project is as good as
> dead and it's probably
> easier to just turn it into what you need than worry
> about breaking the
> existing code.

Agreed. We can keep the current version for historical
purposes, and if someone wants to build a better OS
for ancient machines, there are more popular and
better designs than the 8088.

> Alan
> 
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