[Scummvm-devel] Officializing the EPOC/Symbian port of ScummVM

[Max Horn]

Am 15.04.2005 um 17:37 schrieb Eugene Sandulenko:

> Sumthin' Wicked writes:
>> I would like to lead/help with incorporating the EPOC port into CVS,  
>> to make
>> it an official port.
> Excellent, we wait this it for a long time.

Indeed :-). Eugene already covered most things in his reply, so I'll  
only get in a few more words.

>
>> I am not the original guy who did the 0.5.1, 0.6.1 and
>> 0.7.1 ports, but i've been having some e-mail contact with him. I've  
>> asked
>> him if he would mind if I would integrate his work into CVS and I  
>> have not
>> received a reply yet. I assume however that he will have no  
>> objections.
> Though his opinion and either he wants to be credited on this, will he
> continue development, etc, should all be cleared out first. (IMHO)

Definitely. While all the code is GPLed, we don't want to ship code  
when the copyright holder of that code is not OK with it, at least if  
we can avoid it.


>> So, I already have the latest CVS code compiling for Windows and his  
>> last
>> 0.7.1 compiling for EPOC.
> There were quite a lot of OSystem changes since 0.7.x branch, so first
> your code should be ported to current CVS.

To that end, it might be a good idea to coordinate a bit with us; we  
can hold back a bit on changes in that area to give you some time to  
gets things into CVS. Also, we could of course even incorporate a  
non-finished port, and you could make incremental changes to it until  
it works.

In other words: the sooner you open a patch tracker item with your work  
on it, the sooner we know about it, can give you feedback on it etc.,  
so the sooner it'll be official :-)


>> How do I best get to it?
> Go usual route and use patch tracker for that. Present time there is
> another port in works for AmigaOS, so you may consult
>
>    
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/? 
> func=detail&atid=418822&aid=1181544&group_id=37116
>
> on how to do it proper way. When you will get familiarize yourself
> with our coding standards, and the team, you eventually will be
> invited.

I.e. after that point you'd become a project member, with CVS write  
access, and could maintain the port directly in CVS.


Cheers,

Max