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Re: libevent-2.0.21


Didn't see this until after sending my response to Christopher. I'm
unfamiliar with Cygwin Ports. If libevent is already available there, is
there a process to have it brought into Cygwin so then all that I really
need to do is package tmux and send out an ITP?

On 04/10/13 at 03:56pm, David Stacey wrote:
> On 04/10/13 15:15, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 06:46:12AM +0100, David Stacey wrote:
> >>On 04/10/13 06:05, Chris Olin wrote:
> >>>  Bear with me, as this is my first time doing this and every archived
> >>>  intent email seems to have it's own format. Any advice is appreciated.
> >>>
> >>>  category: Libs
> >>>  sdesc: "The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback
> >>>  function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a
> >>>  timeout has been reached."
> >>>  ldesc: "The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback
> >>>  function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a
> >>>  timeout has been reached. Furthermore, libevent also support callbacks
> >>>  due to signals or regular timeouts. libevent is meant to replace the
> >>>  event loop found in event driven network servers. An application just
> >>>  needs to call event_dispatch() and then add or remove events
> >>>  dynamically without having to change the event loop. "
> >>>  requires: ncurses-devel
> >>>
> >>>  http://libevent.org
> >>If you're offering to maintain a package then thank you.
> >Ditto but there is at least one more hoop to jump through before the
> >package is even accepted into the distribution.  You have to show that
> >it is available in major Linux releases first.
> 
> I checked before replying - I should have included the links; sorry.
> Both libevent and tmux are present in several major distros:
> http://pkgs.org/search/?keyword=libevent
> http://pkgs.org/search/?keyword=tmux
> 
> I forgot to check Cygwin Ports though - libevent is already packaged
> there, so Yaakov will be able in making this available in Cygwin.
> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/sourceware.org/pub/cygwinports/x86/release/libevent/
> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/sourceware.org/pub/cygwinports/x86_64/release/libevent/
> 
> Dave.
> 


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