[Info-vax] Is GNV a VSI or external project ?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2024-12-23, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 12/23/2024 8:12 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> Just got an end of the year update from VSI, which was pretty routine
>> apart from one item.
>> 
>> VSI are talking about releasing a new version of GNV but I thought this
>> had long since become an external project hosted at SourceForge.
>> 
>> I checked the VSI website and they appear to have a single download of
>> the base kit, but only for Itanium, and which is located at:
>> 
>> https://vmssoftware.com/products/gnv/
>> 
>> So, is GNV a VSI or external project these days ?
>
> If you look at the installation link, then it points
> to SourceForge, so it seems most likely that VSI takes
> the SF code and make an official VSI version of that.
>

Interesting, but it doesn't explain why VSI are talking about creating
a new GNV version based on customer requests instead of just packaging
the SF version. I wonder if VSI are planning to fork the SF work.

Simon.

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