Hi Pavel, hi all, > Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 29.10.01: > Hello, Miguel! >
< ----- cut ----- > > The problem is that the native port is broken and doesn't compile. The > makefiles don't know anything about glib. Also the file lists in the > makefiles need to be updated. > > Unfortunately, there has been no interest to the native PC port from the > developers ("YES!!!!! Thank you thank you" doesn't count). If I had a > working Win32 or OS/2 system around I would probably fix it, but it's not > the case. I already made quite a progress in reactivating the Win32 Port, I added glib (from GIMP for Windows) merged in all my changes, and now all Files (from the Old Makefile ) do compile well. Just the dirent_nt.c is still giving problems: The DIR structure has changed completely, so this file is completely broken. I think that I can make MC compile and link with mingw32 with a few more hours of work. Unfortunately my time is very limited, so this might take a few days/weeks. When I'm finished, this Port will NOT have any new features - especially the VFS is wanting. I will most likely not have the time to activate it myself. But, my hope is that then maybe another developer will jump in and assist. > A word of caution. Windows users have a different mentality and don't > generally understand the idea of free software. Whoever works on the port > may be a subject of spiteful personal e-mail ("you $%$#% program doesn't > work") and shameless support requests ("where do I get the fixed binary"). > > I've had enough of such e-mail just for merging some OS/2 and Win32 code, > rewriting the makefiles and minor changes to the code. It is not a big > deal if you are prepared, but please _be_ prepared. Yes, Windows users are different - at least 99% of them ONLY want a binary Release. But, my personal expirience with support requests and user's "bug"-reports are different. As I already mentioned, I do maintain a binary MC for Win32 release for a few years now, and the feedback is mostly positive. > -- > Regards, > Pavel Roskin Ciao, Franco ________________________________________________________________ Lotto online tippen! Egal zu welcher Zeit, egal von welchem Ort. Mit dem WEB.DE Lottoservice. http://tippen2.web.de/?x=13 _______________________________________________ Mc-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc-devel