> have you considered maybe making a 'porting software' page on the wiki? > > Thinking in general we could use a much more focused porting effort. >
No, but I like this idea. I was thinking of getting involved with porting for some time already if there was some interest. If I go on with the Wiki page, I just hope my english will do, because I'm limited with this langage. Some would have to pass behind me from time to time, or I might have to send documents to be validated before publishing. Or maybe some other might be better at making this page, but I'm definitivly willing to help. After all, it just mean to document my experiences. Mainly, It should center on what's specific to DragonFly, with pkgsrc and autotools as background. For example the "*BSD" reference can be easilly missed, or the fact that choosing FreeBSD as build type still requires some digging in the autotool scripts. Precisions on the fact that we should not expect FreeBSD code compatibility would be important also. Good references might be useful, including to the GNU autotool book. I also have some expericence and knowledge of xmkmf (imake) which might be interesting to add, maybe. Porting also requires some informations about what to use, for example, the thread support might have some requirements in DragonFly. Only DragonFly developpers can provide the right information, so this page would be the ideal place for them to spread the information. SR
