On 19 May 2017 at 15:14, akhiezer <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Richard Melville <[email protected]> > > Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 13:33:01 +0100 > > > > Does anybody have any further information about whether these two > packages > > are still actively maintained. I can't find any recent information about > > either of them. The DirectFB link supplied in the book is to a list of > > packages on fedoraproject.org. Apparently, DirectFB was dropped from > > fedora after F19. The original DirectFB website, directfb.org, now > appears > > to be a website relating to sex. > > > DirectFB 'official' site seems to vary in url & visibility, & quite a > bit over the past several years; ref e.g. websearch results sorted by > date - phoronix seems to track what's what/not. >
Thanks for that. For some reason the Phoronix DirectFB link didn't show up in my search. I have my doubts about the efficacy of "Duck Duck Go". Phoronix confirms what I thought: DirectFB appears to be dead (or dormant as Michael phrases it), at least at present. > > > > > > Regarding SVGAlib, the website that the book links to looks exactly the > > same as it did when I first downloaded the SVGAlib source code about > twelve > > years ago. Furthermore, all the links on that website point to an > Israeli > > website. > > > Matan Ziv-Aviv became maintainer (http://arava.co.il/matan/svgalib/ : > there, 1.9.25 is listed as most-recent release - tho' seemingly w/o obv > date; but the 'patch' link indicates ca. 2006-07-14 . Ver 1.9.25 was > in Slackware 13.37; and is still in Slackware Current. > Thanks again. That explains the Israeli website, although the one that I landed on was written in Israeli (come to think of it I don't think that there is such a language - I suppose it would be Yiddish, but not sure). Anyway, that's still a very old version, which always makes me feel uneasy. As you say, there is no date on the release but the website claims that the last update was 24 December 2005, so not that far adrift from the patch link date. I suppose if that version is still in the current Slackware release then that gives me more confidence to give it a try. > > > > > > Perhaps both of these projects are now lost causes. Any advice would be > > much appreciated. Both (or rather either) of these packages were useful > in > > providing the links browser with a graphical interface. Are there any > > > 'links -g ...'still works fine in the aforenoted Slackware thru -Current. > Thanks for the confirmation -- as there's no alternative I'll go with 1.9.25 then. > > > > alternatives, other than installing Xorg? Could SDL or SDL2 be used in > > some way? I've looked on the Twibright website and there are no clues > > there, other than a reference to SVGAlib. > > > > > > akh > > Richard
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