Hello JonY,
Thanks for the packages, and thanks to Tino for his feedback.
I have already uploaded the binary package here (see below about the
source)
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases-noredirect/lzip/lzip-1.8-win32-1.zip
Tomorrow I'll add the link to the home page, so that the mirrors have
time to catch up.
JonY wrote:
On 10/14/2009 16:03, Tino Lange wrote:
While you're in the mood :-) Do you think that you can port the lzlib
also to win32 / MinGW / MSYS ?
OK, I'll take a look at them over the weekends.
Great!
I have just discovered a site maintaining ports of unix tools for
windows (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/). Perhaps you could take a
look and get some ideas. Maybe the lzip port could be placed there or in
a similar site. I don't know.
I am not yet sure what is the best way of distributing modified sources.
The people at gnuwin32 distributes them as unified diffs
(http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/summary.html).
In any case, could you please add a line stating something like "Ported
to Windows by <your_name>", or "Patched for Windows by <your_name>", or
"Windows modifications made by <your_name>", (you get the idea), under
the Copyright line in every file you modified in the source package? I
think the GPL requires modified versions be marked as such.
Also I remember a bug report in Debian explaining the file
share/info/dir should not be included in binary packages. I don't know
if it matters for windows packages.
BTW, I have just been told that signal handlers for CTRL-C and
CTRL-BREAK do not work for Windows, the program just ends. I don't think
that is will be a huge issue though.
I never expected perfect behaviour of a posix tool on windows.
Best regards,
Antonio.
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