23 May 2012, 22:36 | #1 |
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Status of IXEmul
Hi all!
I am happily tinkering with my Amiga/AmigaOS, trying to recompile/port thttpd to AmigaOS by myself. (I know that there are already some ports but what's the fun in that ). Anyhow, I was able to recompile thttpd and some other programs using the IXEmul library but then ran into all sorts of problems and glitches and realised that IXEmul has not been maintained since 2010 and that the source code of v63+ does not seem to be available in the CVS, only the one for v48.2... ... so, what is the status of IXEmul? More generally, should we (as a community) continue developing/building on top of IXEmul or... what could be alternatives (if any)? Take care! Tygre |
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Hi PHX!
Thanks for your answer... Let me play the Devil's advocate: wouldn't it be super nice if we could recompile UNIX programs for AmigaOS "directly" (or at least minimum effort), so shouldn't we continue supporting a full-fledge, up-to-date IXEmul? Such support could give an additional "edge" to AmigaOS, to attract UNIX developers? What do you think? Tygre PS. I am playing the Devil's advocate here: I have no strong feeling either way, just curious to hear yours and everyone's opinion about that |
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Hi Thomas!
Yes, I understand your point of view but not all developers may find the time and energy to learn the AmigaOS APIs up-front. Using IXEmul (or alternatives, if any?) could make the learning curve less steep while the attraction force greater. We could say to outside developers: "hey, why don't you port your great program to AmigaOS, it is quite easy and, BTW, did you see these great APIs?" Didn't it actually work like that, early on, when developers ported games from Atari to Amiga (The poor quality of some of these "ports" led to the development of "true" Amiga versions.) Anyhow, we have two "no to IXEmul" against no supporter... any supporter out there? Cheers! Tygre |
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