* Re: Ghostscript ready to upload
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@ 2002-02-19 8:49 ` Christopher Faylor
2002-02-19 9:40 ` Charles Wilson
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From: Christopher Faylor @ 2002-02-19 8:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dario Alcocer; +Cc: Charles Wilson, Greg Bond, cygwin-apps
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 06:14:28AM -0800, Dario Alcocer wrote:
>Chris,
>
>I've *finally* finished testing and packaging Ghostscript. I've put
>the packages and MD5 files at:
>
> http://members.cox.net/dalcocer/gs
>
>As soon as I hear back from you that the package has been uploaded,
>I'll send out the announcement. Thanks, and sorry about taking so
>long to get this release out.
>
>--
>Dario Alcocer -- Sr. Software Developer, Helix Digital Inc.
>alcocer@helixdigital.com -- http://www.helixdigital.com
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* Re: Ghostscript ready to upload
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2002-02-19 8:49 ` Ghostscript ready to upload Christopher Faylor
@ 2002-02-19 9:40 ` Charles Wilson
2002-02-19 15:22 ` Charles Wilson
1 sibling, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Charles Wilson @ 2002-02-19 9:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dario Alcocer; +Cc: cygwin-apps, Greg Bond
Dario Alcocer wrote:
> Chris,
>
> I've *finally* finished testing and packaging Ghostscript. I've put
> the packages and MD5 files at:
>
> http://members.cox.net/dalcocer/gs
>
> As soon as I hear back from you that the package has been uploaded,
> I'll send out the announcement. Thanks, and sorry about taking so
> long to get this release out.
Okay, I've uploaded it -- but I am curious about one thing:
----------
Previous releases required shared libraries for zlib, libpng, and jpeg.
However, due to the very specific requirements Ghostscript has regarding
these libraries, these libraries are instead statically linked. As a
result, Ghostscript no longer requires the use of shared libraries.
The libraries are included in the source package, ready to be built
with Ghostscript.
----------
What specifically is wrong with the existing shared libraries? I do
*not* want to see a trend start where other packages start shipping the
source to the libraries they depend on. Linking statically is okay --
e.g. linking against the libtiff.a file in tiff-3.5.7-1 package by using
"gcc -static .... -ltiff", for instance -- but duplicating my work is a
bit, ah, insulting.
If you can't build ghostscript against the shipped libraries, then
either the libraries or ghostscript is broken and need to be fixed.
What *specifically* is wrong with cygtiff.dll, cygz.dll, or cygpng2.dll?
--Chuck
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Ghostscript ready to upload
2002-02-19 9:40 ` Charles Wilson
@ 2002-02-19 15:22 ` Charles Wilson
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Charles Wilson @ 2002-02-19 15:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dario Alcocer; +Cc: cygwin-apps, Greg Bond
Dario Alcocer wrote:
> Chris,
>
> I've *finally* finished testing and packaging Ghostscript. I've put
> the packages and MD5 files at:
>
> http://members.cox.net/dalcocer/gs
>
> As soon as I hear back from you that the package has been uploaded,
> I'll send out the announcement. Thanks, and sorry about taking so
> long to get this release out.
Okay, I've uploaded it -- but I am curious about one thing:
----------
Previous releases required shared libraries for zlib, libpng, and jpeg.
However, due to the very specific requirements Ghostscript has regarding
these libraries, these libraries are instead statically linked. As a
result, Ghostscript no longer requires the use of shared libraries.
The libraries are included in the source package, ready to be built
with Ghostscript.
----------
What specifically is wrong with the existing shared libraries? I do
*not* want to see a trend start where other packages start shipping the
source to the libraries they depend on. Linking statically is okay --
e.g. linking against the libtiff.a file in tiff-3.5.7-1 package by using
"gcc -static .... -ltiff", for instance -- but duplicating my work is a
bit, ah, insulting.
If you can't build ghostscript against the shipped libraries, then
either the libraries or ghostscript is broken and need to be fixed.
What *specifically* is wrong with cygtiff.dll, cygz.dll, or cygpng2.dll?
--Chuck
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