Aren't Wine tests based on a personal preferred behaviour (not really sticking to windows in some cases) or MSDN ? It would render them unreliable too.
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De : Ged gedmurphy@gmail.com À : ReactOS Development List ros-dev@reactos.org Envoyé le : Lundi, 8 Décembre 2008, 13h02mn 04s Objet : Re: [ros-dev] compatibility vs. correctness
I don't really know why everyone is discussing this. This isn't something that's up for debate, this is the way it is and it's not going to change. We replicate the Windows API's 100%, if this means introducing a flaw or bug, then so be it. The original post from Collibri highlights why it's so important to do this.
Just so everyone knows the ReactOS stance on this:
- We must replicate the actual behaviour or the API's, not a personnal
preferred behaviour.
- MSDN should not be relied on, it isn't always correct.
- The Wine tests are designed for this exact thing, use them whenever
possible, or write your own test cases if it's not covered by them.
- The target usermode API we are aiming at is currently xp. Vista API's
(which we also implement) are an obvious exception to this.
If anyone feels compelled to improve the API's, then apply for a job at Microsoft. This is where the API behavioural decisions are made, not in ReactOS.
Hope that clears this up.
Ged.
-----Original Message----- From: ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org [mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Smith Sent: 08 December 2008 01:36 To: ReactOS Development List Subject: Re: [ros-dev] compatibility vs. correctness
Ged wrote:
Zachary Gorden wrote:
Just because Windows was tolerant of this specific sloppiness doesn't
mean
we should be.
I completely disagree. We need to replicate the Windows API as closely as possible, warts and
all.
This is what compatibility is all about
Ged.
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My view is that we should implement ReactOS as 'the way Windows should have been' this could lead to faster or more stable environment. I also realize that Windows has a need for the warts in terms of compatibility. so What I think would make both camps happy (plus help troubleshooting issues in the future) is either make ReactOS correct, and release a 'warts compatibility patch' that tries to implement the bugs for compatibility.
the other option would be to put the bugs for compatibility in, but have a program built into ReactOS that enables/disable the bugs for compatibility. This will do 1 major thing for the developers, it'll allow them to fix every bug without wondering if it has to be there for compatibility.
I intend to switch to ReactOS as soon as it's ready, in a perfect world ReactOS (atleast as I see it) would retain compatibility without the problems of Windows. I know this isn't a perfect world, I just hope my suggestion is of help. _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
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