RE: [ros-dev] A call for help getting putty working

[Casper Hornstrup]

I was just trying to figure out if the problem was due to an
unimplemented part of ReactOS or a regression of ReactOS.

Casper

>   -----Original Message-----
>  From: ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.com 
>  [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of art yerkes
>  Sent: 19. november 2004 22:53
>  To: ReactOS Development List
>  Cc: chorns(a)users.sourceforge.net
>  Subject: Re: [ros-dev] A call for help getting putty working
>  
>  Even if another version works it'd be nice to work with it 
>  unmodified and as compiled by the author.
>  
>  1) My thoughts are twofold; putty works on wine and windows, 
>  and so a compatible system such as reactos ought to be able 
>  to the same.  I think having CreateDialog work right is not 
>  so much to ask.
>  
>  2) We get no credibility having to port apps to run on 
>  reactos.  Sometimes I do patch an app so i can get past a 
>  known problem by my goal is always ultimately to run the app 
>  unpatched.  My guess is that an eventual end user will expect 
>  the author's version to work.
>  
>  Honestly I don't know if putty's author Simon Tatham has done 
>  something wrong with the win32 api or we have, and I'm not 
>  interested in hunting for a specific version that works.  
>  What I am interested in is fixing bugs in reactos that may 
>  affect some other application.  I have a feeling that other 
>  apps may appear to fail silently but actually just be waiting 
>  for some invisible hand to show their dialogs.  Putty should 
>  now be a reasonable target as we theoretically implement 
>  everything it needs.
>  
>  Sorry if this doesn't fit with our current development arc.  
>  I'm getting more resistance than I anticipated.  
>  --
>  Here's a simple experiment. Stand on a train track between 
>  two locomotives which are pushing on you with equal force in 
>  opposite directions. You will exhibit no net motion. None the 
>  less, you may soon begin to notice that something important 
>  is happening.
>  -- Robert Stirniman
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