[ros-dev] Re : compatibility vs. correctness

[Magnus Olsen]

Wine test have helped me many times found bugs in our gdi32
I rember frist time I run it. it crash whole ReactOS after that
I started fixed each crash. After that I try fix bug after bug
that wine test show in gdi32. without them it should have
taken longer time to found some bugs or some bugs should
simple be missed. I say wine test is good, and real usefull.
But some test does not work on XP but works on 2000
same goes with VISTA. it show how stuff work diffent or
been broken also on windows betwin diffent version.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sylvain Petreolle" <spetreolle at yahoo.fr>
To: "ReactOS Development List" <ros-dev at reactos.org>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 6:32 PM
Subject: [ros-dev] Re : compatibility vs. correctness


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.

 Kind regards,
Sylvain Petreolle


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----- Message d'origine ----
> De : Ged <gedmurphy at gmail.com>
> À : ReactOS Development List <ros-dev at 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 at reactos.org [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at 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.
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