Re: [Coapp-developers] I think we'll want to fork gnulib

2011-12-28 Thread Garrett Serack
: coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Coapp-developers] I think we'll want to fork gnulib Just FYI, I've pushed a gnulib fork and a single project using it, tinycdb. Actually, tinycdb only needs this for one function, getopt, and only in cdb.exe, not libcdb.dll. I had t

Re: [Coapp-developers] I think we'll want to fork gnulib

2011-12-27 Thread Vincent Povirk
Just FYI, I've pushed a gnulib fork and a single project using it, tinycdb. Actually, tinycdb only needs this for one function, getopt, and only in cdb.exe, not libcdb.dll. I had to make the following changes to make this work: * Add gnulib\lib to the cdb project include path. * Manually create

Re: [Coapp-developers] I think we'll want to fork gnulib

2011-09-29 Thread Vincent Povirk
>> The two things that spring to mind here: >> * Library A needs work to make it good for us. Library A is then updated - >> what work do we need to do keep pace with mainline? > > Glare at it sternly. > > Honestly most of the work in these cases gets put on setting up the > build system around whi

Re: [Coapp-developers] I think we'll want to fork gnulib

2011-09-28 Thread Ted Bullock
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 1:55 AM, Adam Baxter wrote: > Do you end up with an #ifdef soup with this approach? > The two things that spring to mind here: > * Library A needs work to make it good for us. Library A is then updated - > what work do we need to do keep pace with mainline? Glare at it

Re: [Coapp-developers] I think we'll want to fork gnulib

2011-09-28 Thread Adam Baxter
Do you end up with an #ifdef soup with this approach? The two things that spring to mind here: * Library A needs work to make it good for us. Library A is then updated - what work do we need to do keep pace with mainline? * Do we try to get Windows specific patches integrated back upstream at any

Re: [Coapp-developers] I think we'll want to fork gnulib

2011-09-27 Thread Ted Bullock
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Garrett Serack wrote: > We'd *love* to have you back in action Ted! > > Even just a bit of code here or there would go a long way :) Ok, I'll do it. I guess it starts with getting back in communication :) -- Ted Bullock ___

Re: [Coapp-developers] I think we'll want to fork gnulib

2011-09-27 Thread Garrett Serack
l.com; coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Coapp-developers] I think we'll want to fork gnulib Boy, I keep looking in on this project and thinking I need to make time (somehow?) in my schedule to commit. Sheesh, Anyway, fork it and fix it is the right answer. On Mon, Sep 26, 20

Re: [Coapp-developers] I think we'll want to fork gnulib

2011-09-27 Thread Ted Bullock
t; To: madewokh...@gmail.com > Cc: coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: Re: [Coapp-developers] I think we'll want to fork gnulib > >> I think that depends on how far we're willing to go to avoid modifications >> to the original source. >> >> If we

Re: [Coapp-developers] I think we'll want to fork gnulib

2011-09-26 Thread Adam Baxter
Err, not sure how I mashed my signature there... On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Adam Baxter wrote: > I think that depends on how far we're willing to go to avoid modifications >> to the original source. > > If we tried to provide grep with the failure code it expects, I think > > that would b

Re: [Coapp-developers] I think we'll want to fork gnulib

2011-09-26 Thread Adam Baxter
> > I think that depends on how far we're willing to go to avoid modifications > to the original source. If we tried to provide grep with the failure code it expects, I think that would bring us into compatibility layer territory. Instead, we should just accept that that's how windows works and

Re: [Coapp-developers] I think we'll want to fork gnulib

2011-09-25 Thread Vincent Povirk
> Sounds interesting from a porting point of view, but are we setting > ourselves up for a situation a-la Cygwin where we've got a modified > "layer" sitting underneath our apps? I think that depends on how far we're willing to go to avoid modifications to the original source. The grep I have bui

Re: [Coapp-developers] I think we'll want to fork gnulib

2011-09-24 Thread Adam Baxter
Sounds interesting from a porting point of view, but are we setting ourselves up for a situation a-la Cygwin where we've got a modified "layer" sitting underneath our apps? --Adam ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers Post to : c