Re: FreeBSD Port: emacs-22.0.99_1
On Aug 21, 2007, at 2:21 AM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
Anyway, did you have a specific concern about GPLv3?
I was mostly concerned about local patches which we have 'backported'
from CVS trunk of GNU Emacs to the editors/emacs port, to unbreak GTK+
builds.
Should we sign papers with the FSF to 'distribute' builds of this
port?
Do we need to change anything from the way we handled GPLv2
versions of
GNU Emacs in the Ports tree? .. and so on.
The FSF probably would like people who *submit* substantial patches
to GNU projects to sign a contributor agreement, but of course one
doesn't have to do so in order to use, modify, or even redistribute
GPLv{2,3}'ed code.
It might be the case that pinging [EMAIL PROTECTED] would provide
you authoritative feedback from them rather than just my random
opinion :-)
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-Chuck
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Re: FreeBSD Port: emacs-22.0.99_1
On 2007-08-20 03:06, Subhro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have just downloaded and compiled emacs a little while ago. The emacs version number says 22.1.1. It seems as if there is some memory handling bug in the GTK part of emacs. The application dumps core every time when I try to open a file from the menu. I have also had a word with the devs on #emacs on irc.freenode.net. They have confirmed the bugs and also told that there has been some patches which are available in the cvs. They are to be integrated in the next release (22.2, most likely) but that would again be about a month maybe more from today. However to restore the stability of emacs I would request you to kindly integrate the said patches. Many thanks for taking the time to investigate this. The crashes when GTK+ is enabled are a long-standing annoyance with FreeBSD's malloc() implementation and the internal gmalloc.c of GNU Emacs. It was finally resolved properly a few days earlier. I have integrated the patches to at least the editors/emacs-devel port, and I am testing the build of the new Emacs these days. I apologize for leaving the port stale for so long, but it's a fairly big moving target right now, with the release of GNU Emacs 22.2 in the works. The integration of the patches may require a bit of care though, since a lot of GNU software has switched to GPLv3 and I am a bit unsure about the proper way to integrate GPLv3 code with our Ports tree. In the meantime, when I have finished testing the patches to fix the GTK+ crashes you experienced, I'll open a PR so everyone can look at the changes, and/or test them a bit more. - Giorgos ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Port: emacs-22.0.99_1
On Aug 20, 2007, at 3:02 AM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: [ ... ] I apologize for leaving the port stale for so long, but it's a fairly big moving target right now, with the release of GNU Emacs 22.2 in the works. Thanks for your work on the Emacs port, Giorgos. The integration of the patches may require a bit of care though, since a lot of GNU software has switched to GPLv3 and I am a bit unsure about the proper way to integrate GPLv3 code with our Ports tree. Emacs and GNU tar have switched; gcc will move with 4.3 (.0, or perhaps 4.3.3 [depending on how silly someone is about bumping version #'s]); but most of the other utilities seem to be waiting until their next normal feature release before changing the license terms over. Anyway, did you have a specific concern about GPLv3? -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD Port: emacs-22.0.99_1
Hello, I have just downloaded and compiled emacs a little while ago. The emacs version number says 22.1.1. It seems as if there is some memory handling bug in the GTK part of emacs. The application dumps core every time when I try to open a file from the menu. I have also had a word with the devs on #emacs on irc.freenode.net. They have confirmed the bugs and also told that there has been some patches which are available in the cvs. They are to be integrated in the next release (22.2, most likely) but that would again be about a month maybe more from today. However to restore the stability of emacs I would request you to kindly integrate the said patches. Thanks Subhro ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
