Re: PalmOS Port

[Jens Granseuer <jensgr@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Henk.

On 28.04.2006 19:11, Henk Jonas wrote:
> > Could you send me a diff of the code changes you had to make, so I
> > can check whether it makes sense to fold (some of) them back into
> > the main tree?
> 
> Hm, I could do, but I fear it will be not of much use... I used Code 
> Warrior for PalmOS for the port and had to explicit call several 
> constructors as the wasn't called by the compiler :-( It's more a mess 
> :-)

That's true for many ports, yes. Most parts (like e.g. key mappings)
usually don't make much sense in the main tree, but you often have
recurring changes that many of the port maintainers duplicate in their
trees, and in those cases (mostly basic portability enhancements), pulling
the changes upstream simply makes life easier for future porters (and also
for existing ports that get updated to a newer version).

> Btw, the source is available but I will try to make a diff and then 
> you can see if it makes any sense...

That'd be nice. I've already got the source but since you know best where
you branched from... Besides, I'm just as lazy as the next guy... ;-)

Jens