[gpm] Announce: standalone libgpm

[Mike Frysinger]

On Wednesday 05 July 2006 09:19, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> * Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > splitting gpm into two different source trees doesnt make sense
>
> It makes sense to me. I've got quite strict policies on that,
> since I need them for HA embedded systems.

i dont see how that has any bearing on gpm

different source trees:
-> bitrot
-> wasted development time

> > ... to do it right, you would update the build system to allow
> > the user to select whether to compile just the library, just the
> > binaries, or both (default)
>
> Well, it would be okay for me, if we have an option to use and
> external libgpm for the server and make absolutely sure that no
> single bit is used from the bundled libgpm. And also the libgpm
> has to be trimmed down, only to contain the stuff interesting for
> the client (as I already did), which also requires splitting off
> some include files.

again, if you tweak the build system correctly, none of this is a real issue
-mike
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