From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28255 invoked by alias); 14 Dec 2007 22:34:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 28245 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Dec 2007 22:34:37 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from snape.ecoscentric.com (HELO snape.ecoscentric.com) (212.13.207.199) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:34:31 +0000 Received: from localhost (snape.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) by snape.ecoscentric.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0398EDC8403 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:34:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from snape.ecoscentric.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (snape.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id PrF6aXVx-ldh; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:34:25 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <476304F0.4040006@eCosCentric.com> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:29:00 -0000 From: Jonathan Larmour User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070530) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: eCos discussion References: <1197567366.3593.17.camel@lucretius.esaturnus.com> <476190B4.2050606@mindspring.com> <20071214104551.GD13033@lunn.ch> In-Reply-To: <20071214104551.GD13033@lunn.ch> OpenPGP: id=A5FB74E6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: [ECOS] Re: Is eCos project still alive? X-SW-Source: 2007-12/txt/msg00096.txt.bz2 Andrew Lunn wrote: > > Once this is completed we will start the work needed for a > release. This is not something we can do overnight. It involves a lot > of work. Nearly ever file needs to be touched in order to change the > copyright notices. We probably need new tool chains, Hopefully not "need". > want to merge in > the v2 flash branch, maybe pick up some patches which got dropped > along the way etc. We need to do a lot of testing.... Andrew's spot on, and eCosCentric will be involved in that. This has been planned for a loong time, and I put together a todo list many months ago, but we've been stalled on the legal side for an inordinate time. Replying to some other things in this thread, to make things clear, eCosCentric are a company but it's never been our desire for eCosPro to _replace_ stable eCos releases, but to augment and improve them. Now we can't bring everything in eCos to the standard of eCosPro ;) (not least because there are things that eCosPro has which eCos does not), but the most important thing at the moment is to get a stable baseline for eCos and consolidate the state of everything right now. In answer to what Grant said, yes it will take time which effectively means money, but eCosCentric is willing to dedicate decent time to this (assuming we're not tied up on pre-existing contract work of course). Will the next release be a major step forward from present anoncvs? Apart from flashv2, probably not for existing anoncvs users, but it will be much better for new eCos users. Big improvements shouldn't be aimed for releases really - only bite off what you can chew! Jifl -- eCosCentric Limited http://www.eCosCentric.com/ The eCos experts Barnwell House, Barnwell Drive, Cambridge, UK. Tel: +44 1223 245571 Registered in England and Wales: Reg No 4422071. ------["Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere"]------ Opinions==mine -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss