From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8793 invoked by alias); 31 Oct 2004 18:48:32 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 8785 invoked from network); 31 Oct 2004 18:48:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp809.mail.sc5.yahoo.com) (66.163.168.188) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 31 Oct 2004 18:48:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (sampln@sbcglobal.net@64.175.251.169 with plain) by smtp809.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 31 Oct 2004 18:48:31 -0000 Subject: Re: SDL Interface Development From: Lincoln Peters To: "D. Cooper Stevenson" Cc: Xconq list In-Reply-To: <200410311748.51902.cstevens@gencom.us> References: <20041031162812.SIHQ2188.mta11.adelphia.net@mail.adelphia.net> <200410311748.51902.cstevens@gencom.us> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1099248510.26829.6172.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:57:00 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg01380.txt.bz2 On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 09:48, D. Cooper Stevenson wrote: > On Sunday 31 October 2004 16:28, ejessen@adelphia.net wrote: > > [not including the libraries in the build raises] the barrier to entry so > high, that > > nobody but the most fanatical will attempt to maintain > > the code. Which means the program will die out when > > the fanatics move on. > > Insightful. > > On Sunday 31 October 2004 08:52, Skeezics Boondoggle wrote: > > Just to chime in from the Solaris camp - this all sounds great, as long as > > the dependent libraries are reasonably cross-platform and the build for > > non-Linux/Windows machines (is that the diplomatic way to say "real Unix" > > machines? :-) doesn't become untenable. > > Absolutely. > > Here's a quick 'fact check' listing the library dependancies and weather or > not they currently support Linux, Sun, and Windows platforms: > > Libary Linux Mac 9 Mac OSX Sun Windows > ------ ----- ------ --------- ----- --------- > > libsdl X X X X X > paragui X X X ? X > FreeType X X X X X > Zlib X ? ? ? X > libpng X X X X X > SDL_Image X X X X X > Expat X X X X X > OpenGL X X X X X zlib is available on MacOS X, although one might need to download it via Fink (the MacOS X port of apt-get). --- Lincoln Peters You will gain money by an immoral action.