Hi,
If you want SheepShaver packaged, then file a RFP bug against the pseudo-package WNPP. (and cc me if you do - I might be interested in doing the packaging - just too overloaded right now...)
IIRC, there is already a request for packaging SheepShaver in DBTS.
The most recent version of BasiliskII supports a new network driver: slirp. Try that... :-)
Hmm, I had merged the TUN/TAP network code from SheepShaver to Basilisk II prior to integrating QEMU's slirp code. The "etherconfig" script could be improved too so that to start a DHCP server on the tun interface, but it's better be a distribution-specific choice as I don't think that'd be nice by default, though it would make configuration easier in the Mac side.
Note for slirp: I noticed performance gets crappy when the user sets passive mode for FTP (e.g. in Fetch). But I haven't tried recently.
Sidenote regarding JIT: The official Debian package does not currently enable the JIT compiler. But the code is there (for x86 only).
Actually, it worked for some time on x86_64 too but I failed to advertise it enough. I had improved the backend when AMD64 was not officially realeased yet but I hadn't announced it for NDA reasons in those days.
Regards, Gwenolé.
