From: teunis <teunis@computersupportcentre.com>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 14:43:40 -0700 (MST)

Re: Open list of issues before Degas goes out

On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, Marcus Sundberg wrote:

> Andrew Apted wrote:
> > That about covers it I think, but I can't help wondering how Steffen's
> > new KGI driver API (and config scheme as well) fits into all this...
> 
> Well, you're not the only one.
> As for the config scheme I just had a quick look at it and found
> the following requirements:
> 
> - Software:
>         * GNU make v3.75 (beta) or later
>         * Some UNIX tools, mainly awk, cat, sed, sort, rm etc.
>         * C compiler that supports automatic generation of dependencies
> - Filesystem:
>         * support for symbolic and hard links
>         * rwx permissions
>         * long filenames (>= 128 characters)
>         * case sensitive filenames
> 
> Ok, GNU make is required now too, but it's not required for autoconf.
> 
> But the fileystem requirements just plainly sucks. I haven't had
> a closer look at it, so it might be possible to remove those
> requirements, but if so - why put them there in the first place??

Agreed - symbolic links, rwx permissions, and case-sensitive names don't
exist on some filesystems....
... mind you I guess that doesn't matter for KGI though as KGI won't be
ported to Windows [or OS/2] or equiv systems.

G'day, eh? :)
	- Teunis