Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 15:38:50 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> To: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@freebsd.org> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, pav@freebsd.org, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposed OPTIONS replacement Message-ID: <AANLkTikMSbmnJV70F=3afEzoChVT35S=p7RDe46E_eJB@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim%2BS6myMg%2B_9Abw0Y6RbfVu6xdVM1DJN%2BwhEmp1@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikV4nCaZeFH-OEq94LXHikibitcyv%2BVPnGH8TFt@mail.gmail.com> <4CD4602C.2080804@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTi=9-tgiH2QH7wODncG8D9aw_z2guSUNQK_pajkF@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimJS%2Bd-h6ub6Q_Ff7vX134exr-7s73o=%2BjY4af%2B@mail.gmail.com> <20101108084958.000042be@unknown> <AANLkTimzD0LjO%2BzCg1iPu2RzF7UF=pQkmMcHnMbx1jQd@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTim7AYUN%2BpNKQuY%2BC9yGLviRccjx7vc9hELmLymm@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=KpPVUdLeDd5g_c=HH7wRUFOHVK5KYP8=kJ7=C@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTim%2BS6myMg%2B_9Abw0Y6RbfVu6xdVM1DJN%2BwhEmp1@mail.gmail.com>
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2010/11/8 Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>: >> =A0 =A0There's also option 3, which is: >> >> a. Use the code posted up at http://invisible-island.net/dialog/ >> (GPLed like our copy in base, but whatev). >> b. Implement the missing features there. >> c. Contribute back to someone who's actively working on libdialog. >> >> =A0 =A0I'm just of the opinion that there's little value in BSD licensed >> libdialog to be honest *shrugs*... >> Thanks! >> -Garrett >> > > =A0by the way libdialog is now LGPLv2. > > --- > regards, > Bapt > After invetigating a few on http://invisible-island.net/dialog/ updateing it appears to be a huge work. in fact updating gnu/lib/libdialog and gnu/usr.bin/dialog is pretty easy I got the patch for that if anyone interested. but in base libdialog is also used in at least in sysinstall, sade abd tzsetup and the api of libdialog is completely different between the version we have and the version upstream. The work to ports sysinstall, sade, tzsetup etc will be quite huge. regards, Bapt
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