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From: Peter Flass
On 1/26/2011 5:48 AM, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote:
>>>>> So ... what happened to the FreePM project that the OSFree people
>>>>> were supposedly working on?
>>>>>
>>>> FreePM was merged into the osFree project last summer, because no
>>>> one worked on it anymore (just to save the code).
>>>>
>>>> I don't think anyone have done anything to that code since. It is
>>>> available as all osFree code is, on http://osfree.sf.net
>>>>
>>> That's what I suspected: It's dead and barely even a skeleton
>>> outline. That's unfortunate. I was hoping that that would provide
>>> something useful.
>>>
>> Well, you (and anyone else) are very welcome to try to restart that
>> project :-)
>>
>
> I was hoping that I wouldn't have to. It's why I asked. I was hoping
> that someone else could provide Presentation Manager. I'd like to see
> someone else provide a binary-compatible SOM, too.
>
>> osFree suffers - like all other OS/2 projects - from manpower these days.
>>
>
> I disagree. A single person *can* handle such a project.
>
At least it would be easier now than in the old days, since the hardware
has improved, and there is also a lot of open-source code that could at
least help get started. Unfortunately a lot of PM is poorly documented,
so you'd first have to determine what has to be implemented.
It might be a bit much for one person, but maybe it could be broken up
into manageable chunks and done piecemeal by a small team rather than
trying to do everything at once.
(unfortunately, no, I don't have the time to work on it, although I'd
love to.)
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