On 25 Dec 2002, Robert Fox wrote: > I found this on /. and thought this would be cool to package for 9.1 > > www.xpde.com > > Looks interesting - at least as an alternative WM. >
I don't think it's feasible, for technical reasons ... I've got the source somewhere, but AFAIK it is built with Kylix (in Delphi, not C/C++), so first we need a pascal compiler that can compile it (don't think freepascal is up to it, but I may be wrong), then we need the kylixlibs (http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeclx), and that's assuming that the authors of xpde have only used components available in the Open Edition (which is not likely, since AFAIK they are using Enterprise Edition). Plus the freeclx project at sourceforge is quite old ... In short, I don't think there is any way an xpde is going to get into any open-source project (even PLF). Of course, anyone is free to prove me wrong and package it ;-). Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
