OSLib and ELF

[Tony van der Hoff]

On 10 Apr at 23:07 "David J. Ruck" <druck at druck.org.uk> wrote in message
<ee8b8dd14e.druck at druck.freeuk.net>

> 
> It is essential that a RISC OS box can build all the sources to critical
> components, no matter how long the build time is. Any general purpose
> computer platform that is incapable of tying its own shoelaces is not
> worth using.
> 
Whilst I would agree that it is desirable to maintain native build
capability, if the choice, dictated by developer availability, has to be
between adding ELF support and maintaining native build capability, what
should we choose?

There is an argument that says that ELF support can only be added in a cross
development environment, so we might as well go the whole hog and abandon
native development entirely.

There is another argument that says that ELF is an alien environment, and we
should ignore its existance, in favour of keeping native build capability.

I guess, personally, given the stark choice, I'd have to put my weight
behind dropping native builds :(

Philosophical arguments aside, there is not a lot wrong in having to build
code in a cross environment if that results in positive advantages. How many
people, actually build OSLib natively?


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Buckinghamshire, England