Re: console

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Zbigniew Baniewski wrote:
> > :As I can see, DragonFlyBSD uses just cons25 terminal, taken from FreeBSD
> > :most probably. I would to ask: is there support for smacs/rmacs strings
> > :planned? It's needed for full internationalization of text-console, without
> > :a loss of semigraphics.
> >
> >     Not that I know of.
>
> What a pity - it would be nice to keep both "national" characters and
> semigraphics in text mode.

We'd love to see contributions in this regard - probably this would 
require a graphics console, however.

> > :Uh, I forgot - another one: I read, that DragonFlyBSD has two releases
> > :yearly. Wouldn't be reasonable to switch to "rolling release" model then? It
> > :could mean less work for both the users ant the devs... what do you think?
> >
> >     I don't know what you mean by a 'rolling release' model.
>
> I mean the thing described at, for example:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_release
> http://jon-reagan.blogspot.com/2008/01/linux-releases-fixed-vs-rolling-release.html
>
> >     People can
> >     always stay up to date by tracking the release branch or the development
> >     branch, which are updated continuously.
>
> So, does it work in the case of DF exactly the way:
>
> #v+
>   "[..] there are no fixed releases like 0.7 or 1.0, but the whole system is
>   on the roll, constantly updating bit by bit (not the 'bit' as in bits and
>   bytes, but a 'bit' as in a bit of this and a bit of that). The flow of
>   updated packages is constant [..]"
> #v-
> ( http://eyedeal.team88.org/node/58 )

DragonFly is no distribution, but a whole OS.  DragonFly itself doesn't 
have packages, so there is nothing to be updated in a rolling way. 
Except for the base system, which of course is rolling, like any other 
software product.

cheers
  simon