Re: libevent-2.0.21

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com>]

On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 03:56:30PM +0100, 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

It's not up to *you* to check before replying, it's up to the OP and
potential packager.

This is now a moot point but I don't want potential packagers to assume
that other people will do their due diligence for them.

cgf