From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Feb 14 9:25:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from gershwin.tera.com (gershwin.tera.com [207.224.230.28]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEA8344EE for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 09:25:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from tao.thought.org (tao.sea.tera.com [207.108.223.55]) by gershwin.tera.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA29632; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 09:26:10 -0800 (PST) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.9.3/8.7.3) id JAA68969; Mon, 14 Feb 2000 09:26:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 09:26:02 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Satoshi Asami Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PR ports/16672 Message-ID: <20000214092602.A68664@tao.thought.org> References: <200002140612.WAA14541@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200002140612.WAA14541@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>; from asami@cs.berkeley.edu on Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 10:12:11PM -0800 X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 10:12:11PM -0800, Satoshi Asami wrote: > Hi, > > Authors of giflib are recommending switching over to libungif, which > only creates uncompressed (i.e., not using LZW compression) GIFs to > avoid infringing on Unisys's patent claims. > > Here are some related URLs: > > http://prtr-13.ucsc.edu/~badger/software/libungif/ > http://prtr-13.ucsc.edu/~badger/software/libungif/giflib.shtml > http://www.cloanto.com/users/mcb/19950127giflzw.html > > I think we should remove the giflib port and change the > giflib-requiring ports to depend on libungif. The current version of > libungif is supposed to be API-compatible with the last giflib, so > programs that use giflib should work (theoretically) by just > recompiling. > > What do you guys think? If this is ok I'll go change all the > LIB_DEPENDS lines to point to libungif so we can fix things that break > before the freeze. > I think that the further away we can stay from LZW, the better. --Q: Are there alternatives?? gary -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message