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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 02:21:16AM +0200, timofonic timofonic wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> I would even love to see KiCad on Android, iOS, eComStation, BBOS and even
> Atari (you can have a somewhat modern Atari by using aranym). Those require
> additional developers, I hope they appear. A secondary effect could be a
> very robust codebase, but maybe the C++ subset would need to be reduced
> because of compiler features.

Wait... you want us to _reduce_ the C++ subset, to support _Atari_? Are you on crack?

Many of the new C++ features are definitely Good Things and I really, really hope we can adopt them soon. I don't know which platforms we support that don't have proper C++11 compilers, but those really need to be dragged kicking and screaming into 2015...

> 
> No more weird discussions, not more off-oftopic. I don't want start an
> endless flamebait! I'm sorry.
> 
> Peace, coding, electronics and love.
> 
> Timofonic
> On Sep 22, 2015 11:54 PM, "LordBlick" <lordblick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > In response to a message written on 22.09.2015, 23:10, from timofonic
> > timofonic:
> >
> >> - Xorg used some kind of networking too and is getting progressively
> >> deprecated
> >> to Wayland with a different approach.
> >> - Traditional hackish init system is replaced to SystemD by merging,
> >> standardizing and integrating lots of services. This is something "True
> >> UNIX
> >> People" hate, so they forked udev and use OpenRC or switch to BSD, but
> >> there's
> >> tendencies that BSDs might switch to the SystemD model too.
> >>
> >> - Desktop Environments don't follow the " UNIX way " too. They use lots of
> >> libraries and frameworks, provide configuration and even provide
> >> applications in
> >> default metapackages too.
> >>
> > Are you trying to tell that D-Bus & systemd are not „Unix-Way”?
> > BTW. Everywhere Unix goes, it will be Unix Way… ;)
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards,
> > LordBlick
> >
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