Chase via cdesktopenv-devel <cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> writes:
> The reason I chose opensp instead of sp is simply because when I tried > installing sp on Lubuntu, it gave me an error saying "Package sp has > no installation candidate", although it is in the debian repos, so I > don't know whats happening with that. I also picked it due to looking > at the *bsd and solaris repos, and most seem to have opensp, but not > sp itself. > > > On July 30, 2018 5:53 PM, Jon Trulson <j...@radscan.com> wrote: > >> Well, I'd like to hear from Chase as to whether that is actually the >> case on Debian. >> >> As I mentioned before, nsgmls exists on Ubuntu 16.04 after installing >> the "sp" package. At least on illumos/OpenSolaris, opensp contains onsgmls and nsgmls. The latter is a link to the former. I don't think the opensp package itself contains these links; I think it is a distribution "extra". Debian 9 contains opensp, but not sp. There is no symlink from onsgmls to nsgmls. I can't comment on BSD at this time. I'm not really familiar with these programs, but it seems to me that OpenSP is the continuation of SP (any expert is welcome to correct me). As such, I'd say we should default to using that (and onsgmls), rather than old SP. If people want/need to use old SP, they can always override it in host.def. And of course, if we know about types of systems where that's necessary, it could go into their system cf files. Some links about SP and OpenSP SP: http://www.jclark.com/sp/howtoget.htm OpenSP: http://openjade.sourceforge.net/doc/index.htm Version histories, which seem indicative of a transition. SP: http://openjade.sourceforge.net/doc/new.htm OpenSP: http://openjade.sourceforge.net/doc/NEWS OpenJade in general http://openjade.sourceforge.net/ -mrt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ cdesktopenv-devel mailing list cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel
