Re: [Tigervnc-devel] Win32 build with MinGW

2010-06-01 Thread Peter Åstrand
On Mon, 17 May 2010, DRC wrote: We are not talking about taking over maintainership from the MinGW folks; just provide the necessary fixes to make the build easier. This can be in the form of documentation and/or updated packages. Likely, we could perhaps also get help from the MinGW folks with

Re: [Tigervnc-devel] ssh-like port-forwarding over RFB

2010-06-01 Thread Thomas Sondergaard
Paul Donohue wrote: > He's essentially looking for the ability to encapsulate packets from another > network connection in an RFB message, which doesn't really have anything to > do with encryption (I think the only reason ssh was mentioned is because ssh > just happens to have the ability to en

Re: [Tigervnc-devel] Win32 build with MinGW

2010-06-01 Thread DRC
>> As far as code compatibility, let's start with the fact that MinGW is >> constantly behind the curve on the Windows API and always will be. > > Yes, but it's quite easy to add missing libraries and headers, when > necessary. Quite easy? No, far from it. Witness how long it has taken to resol

Re: [Tigervnc-devel] ssh-like port-forwarding over RFB

2010-06-01 Thread DRC
On 6/1/10 6:52 AM, Thomas Sondergaard wrote: > Why does it have to be horribly ugly and inefficient? Do you also > consider the port-forwarding mechanism in ssh to be a horrible ugly > hack? Other than the large framebuffer update messages causing latency > problems for other traffic, I don't se