Didn't see this until after sending my response to Christopher. I'm unfamiliar with Cygwin Ports. If libevent is already available there, is there a process to have it brought into Cygwin so then all that I really need to do is package tmux and send out an ITP?
On 04/10/13 at 03:56pm, David Stacey wrote: > On 04/10/13 15:15, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 06:46:12AM +0100, David Stacey wrote: > >>On 04/10/13 06:05, Chris Olin wrote: > >>> Bear with me, as this is my first time doing this and every archived > >>> intent email seems to have it's own format. Any advice is appreciated. > >>> > >>> category: Libs > >>> sdesc: "The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback > >>> function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a > >>> timeout has been reached." > >>> ldesc: "The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback > >>> function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a > >>> timeout has been reached. Furthermore, libevent also support callbacks > >>> due to signals or regular timeouts. libevent is meant to replace the > >>> event loop found in event driven network servers. An application just > >>> needs to call event_dispatch() and then add or remove events > >>> dynamically without having to change the event loop. " > >>> requires: ncurses-devel > >>> > >>> http://libevent.org > >>If you're offering to maintain a package then thank you. > >Ditto but there is at least one more hoop to jump through before the > >package is even accepted into the distribution. You have to show that > >it is available in major Linux releases first. > > I checked before replying - I should have included the links; sorry. > Both libevent and tmux are present in several major distros: > http://pkgs.org/search/?keyword=libevent > http://pkgs.org/search/?keyword=tmux > > I forgot to check Cygwin Ports though - libevent is already packaged > there, so Yaakov will be able in making this available in Cygwin. > http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/sourceware.org/pub/cygwinports/x86/release/libevent/ > http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/sourceware.org/pub/cygwinports/x86_64/release/libevent/ > > Dave. >
