Hi Werner, I have updated the progress report for this week @ here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X5ApmVxz0pXcGUCF9Um5VhVZV403LWDIYFbKYg1aLoQ/edit?usp=sharing>
Thanks, Priyesh On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 8:34 PM Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> wrote: > > > The gnulib repository provides a module 'unistd' for creating a > > 'unistd.h' header file; this works on Windows too. > > > > https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/ > > By the way, the gnulib repository also provides an interface to > threads – including Windows. If you install the corresponding modules > you automatically get a configure option > > --enable-threads={posix,windows,isoc} > > (with MSVC and mingw support for 'windows'). The very recent commit > 10cf67b5e333 in the gnulib repository describes the available modules > and options for multithreading. > > Note that my knowledge of thread programming is zero, so please handle > my observations with some care. > > Of course, it is problematic for FreeType license-wise to rely on > gnulib since the latter uses the LGPLv2+ license. On the other hand, > linking with a logging library would be mainly used for debugging > purposes and not for end products, so a dependency on LGPLv2+ might be > OK if the corresponding code is properly guarded with preprecessor > conditionals (which is a good idea anyway). > > > Werner >
