Perhaps it's time for a new release? Or should it be delayed until the rational number support is stable enough to be default?
On 29 Aug 2017 02:22, "Giuseppe Cocomazzi" <sbude...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jürgen, > thanks for your reply. > Ported software on OpenBSD is submitted for inclusion in the so-called > "port tree", basically a set of custom Makefiles by means of which > ports can be automatically downloaded, built, packaged and installed > with a single "make" command. The port tree is part of the operating > system, and importing rolling releases from SVN is not an option. > Therefore, the official releases on the GNU mirrors are perfectly fine > for the goal. Furthermore, I feel more comfortable in submitting > stable and mature releases, as another goal of the OS is stability, > security and cleanliness. > > As I am also the maintainer of the port/package, I will update the > port's Makefile every time a major release is announced. > > As for the link to my blog/notebook, I have been actively maintaining > my homepage for 8 years, my hosting service is quite stable and I have > intention to keep the page away from oblivion. I think then it is > reasonably safe to refer to it. > > Thank you very much. > > On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 3:09 PM, Juergen Sauermann > <juergen.sauerm...@t-online.de> wrote: > > Hi Giuseppe, > > > > thanks for submitting the patches. I have included them into SVN 1001. > > > > The first patch is now in Makefile.am as opposed to configure. That > suggests > > that you > > are using an older version of the GNU APL sources. Maybe the one from the > > GNU APL > > home page at gnu.org or a gnu mirror. The "official" GNU APL releases > happen > > quite > > rarely (like every one or two years) and therefore they quickly become > > outdated. If you > > are porting GNU APL then it is better to check out the latest version > from > > SVN. > > > > Regarding your web link below, I wonder how persistent it is? If the > link is > > supposed to > > last for a longer period, then we could point to it from out community > web > > page > > http://www.gnu.org/software/apl/Community.html and/or mention it in our > > README-6-porting > > file. > > > > Best Regards, > > /// Jürgen Sauermann > > > > > > On 08/28/2017 10:44 AM, Giuseppe Cocomazzi wrote: > > > > Hi list, > > I have ported GNU APL to the OpenBSD operating system, and I kindly ask > > you to consider the possibility of merging the following changes to the > > source tree, in order to enable a better support for the OS. As you can > > see, only few lines are needed. > > > > Also, I recollected some info about the steps needed to configure > > the environment (fonts, keyboard), not necessarily addressed > > at users of this OS but of any Unix-like system in general: > > > > http://sbudella.altervista.org/blog/20170821-apl-openbsd.html > > > > And here are the two patches: > > > > --- configure.orig Fri Mar 17 16:03:06 2017 > > +++ configure Mon Jul 17 17:11:15 2017 > > @@ -21413,7 +21413,7 @@ echo > > # > > echo "configure: creating $srcdir/src//buildtag.hh" > > rm -f $srcdir/src/buildtag.hh > > -cd $srcdir/src ; source ./buildtag ; cd .. > > +cd $srcdir/src ; . ./buildtag ; cd .. > > > > # create src/makefile.h > > # > > > > --- src/Common.cc.orig Fri Mar 17 15:46:53 2017 > > +++ src/Common.cc Mon Jul 17 16:37:56 2017 > > @@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ void > > init_1(const char * argv0, bool log_startup) > > { > > rlimit rl; > > + > > +#ifndef RLIMIT_AS > > +# define RLIMIT_AS RLIMIT_DATA > > +#endif > > + > > getrlimit(RLIMIT_AS, &rl); > > total_memory = rl.rlim_cur; > > > > > > -- > > Giuseppe Cocomazzi > > My self is steam > > > > http://sbudella.altervista.org > > > > > > > > > > -- > Giuseppe Cocomazzi > My self is steam. > > http://sbudella.altervista.org > >
