On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:48:06 +0100
Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote:

> Tweaks in the attached tgz:
> 
> - separate var names from contents with tabs as is normally done in
> ports
> - set flags instead of patching
> - fix wantlib for emwm-utils
> 
> Does that still work for you? If so, it's ok sthen for someone to
> import
> 
> 
> On 2024/04/12 23:44, izder456 wrote:
> > Hello ports@,
> > 
> > I initially made a thread in this list around the time 7.5 was
> > nearing release, and the thread went stagnant, I assume since focus
> > was on stability, and whatever. (might be misremembering here, I
> > have a spotty memory).
> > 
> > See threads:
> > x11/emwm => https://marc.info/?t=170554680800002&r=1&w=2 
> > x11/emwm-utils => https://marc.info/?t=170569187600001&r=1&w=2
> > 
> > The only criticism I got aside from nits and tips on DISTFILES,
> > seemed to come from a place of the quality of upstream code, which
> > is fair if you are discussing comparing it to motif or whatever,
> > but doesn't seem to be a reason against merging this. I use this WM
> > quite frequently as a fallback. It would be personally nice to
> > have. 
> > 
> > But some of the reasons I see this being beneficial to merge: 
> > 
> > Its the same legacy that motif wm has, but with modern niceties.
> > fullscreen firefox/chromium is handled as expected, EWMH hints are
> > respected, (so if you use a compositor or something), XFT font
> > support is a biggie imho, thats one of the selling points for me.
> > And emwm-utils has a nice toolchest application that is just nice to
> > use/configure.
> > 
> > Hell- I made some personal config backups on my Github profile, cos
> > its just a nice floating WM.
> > 
> > I know that necro-bumps are generally discouraged online- so heres a
> > thread to ask this:
> > 
> > now that 7.5 is released, would this be good to merge into -CURRENT?
> > 
> > They are both attached.
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > -- 
> > -iz (they/them)
> > 
> > > i like to say mundane things, 
> > > there are too many uninteresting things 
> > > that go unnoticed.
> > 
> > izder456 (dot) neocities (dot) org
> 
> 
> 

PING!

-- 
-iz (they/them)

> i like to say mundane things, 
> there are too many uninteresting things 
> that go unnoticed.

izder456 (dot) neocities (dot) org

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