On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:53 PM, John-Mark Bell <j...@netsurf-browser.org> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 12:51 +0200, Amin Kharchi wrote:
> Actually, they show the exact opposite of your interpretation. We've > spent the last 2.5 years bending over backwards to ensure that the RISC > OS frontend still works, despite it not having a dedicated maintainer. > Further, we're currently blocking useful functionality being merged into > the core for the precise reason that it will break the RISC OS frontend. > > That is hardly evidence that the RISC OS frontend is less important than > the others. It is simply at a huge disadvantage as it has no maintainer. > > However, the time has come where we need other people to come forward > and actively maintain the RISC OS frontend. We simply do not have the > time to maintain it ourselves, particularly if people expect > improvements to the core engine. > > Future major changes to the way in which the core works are liable to > require corresponding changes in platform frontends. If any given > frontend has no maintainer, then the chances of the required changes > being made are very slim indeed. The alternative is that all development > stops. Unsurprisingly, we're unwilling to do that. > Can you not just take some time out and modify the RO front end? Andrew
