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11 Future

This chapter summarizes only important or organizational changes planned in the near future. More detailed informations on the various projects currently in progress or still waiting for your participation, see section 9.2 Projects.

Package Manager and Installer

We are working on a better packaging system based on the Redhat Package Manager (RPM) that is the standard for Redhat Linux. A port is included in the current Geek Gadgets, but the Geek Gadgets packages have not yet been converted to use it. RPM will provide the ability to selectively install and deinstall particular packages, track dependencies between packages, and more.

AmigaOS Hunk format support

Work on full support for AmigaOS "hunk format" is in progress See section 8.7.3 Object format. When it is complete, the standard object file format for gcc will be switched from "a.out" to hunk. The tools will continue to accept a.out format objects and libraries though, for backwards compatibility. Once hunk format is supported, support for standard Amiga C extensions like "chip" will be easy to implement. Most of the pieces are already in place. The switchover to hunk format should occur before Geek Gadgets Version 3.


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