Hi all, all the cygwin related patches are now in CVS. Please check the CVS version and report any feedback.
Thanks, Carlos El lun, 25-09-2006 a las 10:34 +0200, Timmerman, Bert escribió: > Hi Cesar and all, > > I have an older version of gaf/pcb under cygwin/windoze XP running at > home (the initial 20060123 tarball) on a P4 box and this runs as far as > (the recently solved bugs) allows it to. > > I gave it a try with the recent tarballs, but to no avail (yet). > > So yes, I'm still interested in applying patches and such for the > geda-cygwin port. > > I'm gone try these two patches tonight, and inform you tomorrow about > any results. > > Kind regards, > > Bert Timmerman. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cesar Strauss > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 7:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: gEDA-dev: Re: Cygwin port > > A small note: I try to read this list regularly, so there is no need to > put my address in the Cc: field for future replies on this thread. > > Ales Hvezda wrote: > > Hi Carlos and Cesar (and all), > > > > [snip] > >> I was reviewing them to commit the changes into CVS, but I need to > know: > >> - if both patches are still needed to compile cygwin (the first one > is > >> newer and seems to include the second). > > I have evaluated those two Cygwin patches (the newer one is mine) and > placed my comments on the respective threads on the SF patch tracker. I > also sent updates for those patches to address their shortcomings. > > See: > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1564796&group_ > id=161080&atid=818428 > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1564805&group_ > id=161080&atid=818428 > > >> - Ales, you were doing some work for the Mingw port recently, and > you > >> disabled the cygwin port. Is there some reason to _don't_ support > cygwin > >> (i.e: don't commit these patches into CVS) ? > > > > I have nothing against re-enabling the cygwin port. I did > > disable it because there were problems in the past, but they were > > addressed with patches like this. > > > > In my personal opinion, the Cygwin platform on Windows demands less > effort to port and gives a greater chance of success. The downside, > sometimes, is lower performance and more use of disk space. In the long > term, a native version (MinGW) is more valuable. > > >> - I don't have cygwin so, if the patches are integrated into CVS, I > >> will need at least one volunteer to test them. Anyone wants to? > > I volunteer. However, as the patch author, I would be highly suspect... > Anyone else? > > > > > Cesar Strauss was the originator and/or creator of the cgwin > > binary packages on the gEDA website. > > About the Cygwin binary packages: > Jason Childs was the one that created and uploaded them, I merely > discovered a more efficient way to distribute them. See this thread: > > http://archives.seul.org/geda/dev/Jun-2006/msg00071.html > which continues on > http://archives.seul.org/geda/dev/Jul-2006/msg00000.html > > I did write a (slightly outdated) wiki page on how to build gEDA/gaf > from source on Cygwin. > > I am currently working to update these binary packages to provide newer > versions of the gEDA applications. I intend to submit these packages to > the Cygwin project, so they could add them to their distribution. This > way, there would be no need to keep Cygwin binary packages on the gEDA > site, after all. > > > Cesar do you have a more recent > > patch or patches for the work that you did for cygwin? Doesn't have > to > > be perfect, but I would like to get gEDA/gaf working out of the box > under > > cygwin and at some point get the mingw port functional too. > > > > -Ales > > > > OK, Ales, I will put that on the top of my list. I sent some new patches > > to the tracker, already. This time, I used CVS instead of a snapshot, > and have split them for easier review. > > > > PS. Note, I'm quite interested in getting gEDA/gaf building and > running under > > cygwin and/or mingw, however, I am not volunteering to create or > maintain > > the ports. That's latest position. :-) > > > > > > I am willing to put some effort into it. Namely, I intend to help on: > > 1) Keeping the Cygwin port up-to-date. > 2) The same on MinGW, in the long run. > 3) Answering questions about installation on Windows, on the geda-user > and cygwin mailing lists. > 4) Filing (Windows-related) bugs an helping to solve them. > 5) Evaluating and commenting on (Windows-related) patches > > Cesar > > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
