From a6713e05645d07e9c38717fc09c8e3b50842e524 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:22:59 +0100 Subject: faq/posix_compatibility: Comments by Olaf. --- faq/posix_compatibility.mdwn | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'faq/posix_compatibility.mdwn') diff --git a/faq/posix_compatibility.mdwn b/faq/posix_compatibility.mdwn index 1525a7ad..a54822c5 100644 --- a/faq/posix_compatibility.mdwn +++ b/faq/posix_compatibility.mdwn @@ -30,3 +30,20 @@ striving for total POSIX compliance -- and the high-level programs (that is, their users) may not even notice this, but we would avoid a lot of overhead that comes with wrapping the [[Hurd interfaces|hurd/interface]] to be POSIX compliant. + + +\#hurd IRC channel on Freenode, 2010-12-21: + + tschwinge: the writeup ignores the fact that POSIX compatibility + is not only for applications, but also for users familiar with the UNIX + environment + also, I still don't buy the fact that most software is not written + for POSIX. even if assuming that GNOME programs don't use POSIX (which is + only half true), there is a lot of other software in a system that is + just as important, though less visible + (server software, startup system, device management, automation, + ...) + tschwinge: BTW, I meant to (and partially did) write a blog + article on this topic -- but I didn't get around to finish it... + +[[!tag open_issue_documentation]] -- cgit v1.2.3