Re: Akka Open Issues & Todos

[mojtaba at linux4sudan dot org]

hi
i'm trying AKKA now
with RH9
untill now
every thing is fine
may be tomorrow can write more




> I am now trying to check the Akka problems. I am
> having a look at it currently (in my laptop, the first
> computer I ever owned, appropriately using Fedora Core
> 1). I am trying to reread it and get another stab at
> the code. If unable to do any improvements, I will
> submit a patch to make Akka work with perl 5.8.1 on
> Sunday.
> I will not target a more portable code though, as my
> experience of non-Linux, non-Windows programming is
> rather weak. I will try to make it modular, for any
> one to do the porting, though.
> I will be thankful if anyone can provide me with the
> farsi code, or any idea about the best way things
> should proceed. Elzubeir? Samy?
>
>
>  --- Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com> wrote: > ---
> Muhammad Alkarouri <malkarouri at yahoo dot co dot uk>
>> wrote:
>> > > >  - Akka
>> > > >    + Need a complete rewrite of current
>> project
>> > > >    + Need to reduce dependencies and code
>> bloat
>> > > >    + Need to make it more portable (not only
>> linux-centric)
>> > > >    + Need to look into the 'farsi' application
>> as a possible
>> > > >      replacement
>> >
>> > > + Need to make it use configure (autoconf) if
>> not
>> > > already use, can any one say for sure.
>> > > + Need to consider endianess and word size (that
>> is:
>> > > don't presupposing 32bit x86)
>> >
>> > I made a patch but didn't submit it. Akka is
>> currently what
>> > I am trying on.  What is the farsi application
>> btw, any link?
>>
>> Unfortunately I don't have one handy.  I know for a
>> fact that
>> Behdad wrote it (he's CC'ed) and that both Samy and
>> Elzubeir
>> looked into it and had made some decisions on how to
>> proceed.
>> Why things didn't progress is beyond me as I believe
>> they
>> really made an effort on this front.  Here is a
>> broken link
>> to the application mentioned,
>>
>>
>>
> http://lists.arabeyes.org/archives/developer/2002/January/msg00046.html
>>
>> The name 'Farsi' is rather lacking in capturing a
>> unique status
>> for this application - a search reveals a heap of
>> non-related
>> issues (as would any search on a general global
>> language).
>> Behdad's page doesn't seem to mention it either (or
>> maybe I
>> missed it),
>>
>>   http://behdad.org
>>
>> Let's hope one of the three mentioned people above
>> replies to
>> get the ball rolling again.  I heard very good
>> things about the
>> 'farsi' (please, lets have a different more
>> enveloping name)
>> for this application.
>>
>> Salam.
>>
>>  - Nadim
>>
>>
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> Muhammad Alkarouri
> MSc. Telecommunication and Information Systems
> RHCE
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