[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 at reactos.com 
> [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.com] On Behalf Of art yerkes
> Sent: 19. november 2004 22:53
> To: ReactOS Development List
> Cc: chorns at 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.  
> --
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> 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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