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Re: Lesstif update?
- From: Brian Ford <ford at vss dot fsi dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:07:03 -0600 (CST)
- Subject: Re: Lesstif update?
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
> Nope. I released it just to get people started with a few Cygwin/XFree86
> packages. Nobody has really stepped up to start maintaining packages for
> Cygwin/XFree86, so there won't be any new releases from me. Of course, we
> are always looking for volunteers to start releasing new and updated
> packages. It wasn't hard... took me less than two hours.
>
Well, I don't know if I can really maintain it for the long term, but I
would be happy to update it this time and deal with any short term issues
that result. Would that be ok?
I am still confused, though. Are there any Cygwin specific patches in the
current release? I guess I can just download the source and do a diff.
Please CC me on the reply. Thanks.
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Brian Ford wrote:
>
> > Cygwin's version of LessTif seems about a year behind. Are there any
> > plans to update it? Is it simply a matter of compiling and bundling
> > for setup, or are there significant local changes that need to ported
> > forward?
> >
> > I could really use some of the newer layout bug fixes. Let me know if I
> > can help. Thanks.
>
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