[Gambas-user] Gambas Future: shift away from Linux?

[wig]

I will be one of the first to use the possibility to let users run some gambas 
app on OSX (not to work on it myself).

But if I really have to, I can run in a VM, so I wouldn't ask someone/B. to 
spent time on it at the cost of the own advances of Gambas on Linux.

We have a nice platform: Linux.

We have the best desktop, and we even have choice.

And for some years, we have a great Development Environment: Gambas.

Every minute has 60 seconds, so I prefer Benoit and all the rest of us to 
spent this time on improving these nice things that we have.*

The License is clear.  People that want to do so can do whatever they want if 
they follow the license.

The 'lock down' is rather a 'lock open'.

So just keep on doing the nice job as long as you can.  

I don't think Linus made the wrong choice, and I don't think either that he 
would try to be more ... (wathever else).


Wim Geraets

--

* have=create together.  not: bought, not: get for free but loose our privacy, 
freedom, or whatever the free web-services cost us.



On Friday 01 November 2013 11:15:18 Fabien Bodard wrote:
> After long talk with many gambas developpers, after years of joy on the use
> of this language, I want to talk about its future... its persistance.
> 
> 
> Benoit for me is a little bit like our Linus. He have done something for
> itself and it's today one of the better tool ever see. (Umm ... ;-))
> 
> Now, for me one thing lock down Gambas... why can't it be more known ?
> Because it is close to Linux world. Theire is no possibility to use it
> natively on other system ... this problem what explicitely exposed by RMS
> in the past in a mail sended to us. Yes in his request he wanted us to make
> the interpreter generate a cil code for interpreter like java/.net or
> parrot. Well today we know java isn't a sure way, and we can do things too
> without.
> 
> I have a request to Benoit, and i know it's time is precious and like mine
> rare. I want him to concentrate on make it's code portable... separate
> specific linux part to allow all our friend that want to help to port
> gambas to stars to make theire job.
> 
> By doing this, most people can participate on compiler/interpreter code, by
> having Gambas on other system we can have more component maker/maintainer.
> At the end Benoit can take hollidays and come take a Cognac at home .   :-)
> 
> I know this is a huge job as he/we need to take the time to mark all part
> of the code that is hard linked on Linux system, and then choose a way to
> separate it to symplify the maintainment
> 
> Same thing for the toolkits but it's at a first time not the subject of
> today.
> 
> Now we have hands that can help... but it can't be done if the code is not
> structured for.
> 
> So for the Undred time ... Benoit ... Please, let us helping you.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> To all, the gambas user/dev, this exchange is for you so even if it take
> thouthen of mail, please give us your impress and your ideas, your support.
> 
> 
> 
> Please, don't look at the spelling fault, it will take to many time to you
>   ;-)