From c0d5af3d9e72ae5b082682e8d45bcceaec14c840 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Baute Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:28:34 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] What this is about. --- Readme_retrace_branch.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Readme_retrace_branch.txt diff --git a/Readme_retrace_branch.txt b/Readme_retrace_branch.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dcb5c4b --- /dev/null +++ b/Readme_retrace_branch.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Owen Shepherd did a splendid job on PDCLib after he took over the project +from me in 2012. Locale support, multibyte and wide character support, +thread support, ... + +When I got back into the project, and after a couple of "easy" changes +and improvements, I realized that I did not understand the structure of +Owen's PDCLib well enough to continue contributing, without a high chance +of breaking things, or disrupting what Owen had done. + +So I returned to where I left off, and -- with the benefit of being able +to look at Owen's implementation -- started to re-trace his steps. + +(Re-) implementing the functionality hopefully gives me a better under- +standing of the inner workings. + +Whether I will eventually merge this branch back into default, just pick +up again where Owen left off, or Something Else Completely, remains to +be seen. + +Martin "Solar" Baute -- 2.40.0