[ros-kernel] ReactOS Roadmap

[Eric Kohl]

"Jason Filby" <jasonfilby at yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi!

> · it attracts more developers - I have personally witnessed a dev
> saying  that they're hesitant to get involved because we have no roadmap

Aren't these the guys who want to be spoon-fed? Interested in a project but
unwilling or unable to spend some time to dig into the matter. I am sorry,
but a missing roadmap is a pretty lame excuse, IMO. To me it is something
like: "I am to lazy to buy and read 'Inside Microsoft Windows 2000'. Could
you please explain, if a few words, what it's all about?" ;-)


> · funding - investors cannot be expected to give funding to the
> Foundation if we can't tell them what our roadmap is

100% agreed.


> · we know where we're going and can work together more effectively
>
> After discussion with Vizzini we agreed that the best way to do this
> is set major milestones for the next 6, 12 and 18 months. Then, fill in
> the details on how to get there in between.

> Please suggest:
>  major milestones (6, 12 and 18 months away)
> · minor milestones (minimum granularity of a month)

This is my current list. Please remember that I reserve the right to change
my current topic or the order of topics without prior notice.

6 months milestone:
 - Implement object security.
 - Registry improvements.
    - Add security support to the registry.
    - Make the registry modification routines (create/delete key, set/delete
value) failsafe.
    - Implement hive integrity checks.


12 months milestone:
 - Registry improvements.
    - Implement hive backup and rollback.
 - Implement GUI-Setup.
 - Implement user logon.


18 months milestone:
 - Implement local RPC.
 - Implement SAM/LSA.


Other topics that I will work on in-betweeen:
 - Text-Mode Setup
 - Storage drivers (3rd-party SCSI support).


Regards,
Eric