Re: Where is libXt?

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Keith Packard wrote:
> > Is the Xfree86 version of xc/lib/Xt available as a separate project?
>
> Not yet; we haven't found anyone willing to build and maintain that
> library.  If you have a hankering to help, this would be a good place to
> contribute.

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Jim Gettys wrote:
> We don't package libraries or other stuff unless we have
> an identified maintainer for the package.
>
> Do you want to be the Xt maintainer?

Hello Jim and Keith,

Yes, I can help be the maintainer for libXt.

I can fetch the CVS from xfree86.org for xc/lib/Xt. Should I start with
the MAIN branch. Or should I start with a certain tag? (Or should I just
start with X430src-1 tarball?)

Then I will compare some of the already available freedesktop.org's X
Libraries and Protocol Headers Project tarballs to same directories to get
an idea of how you want the auto* done.

I see that libX11-6.2.1 used automake 1.7.7 and Autoconf 2.57.

Yes, I understand that the basic structure and hierarchy of directories
and filenames should not change, so it can be compatible with real
XFree86 (in case it can go back).

After I have autotooled this, I will provide a tarball for this lists
review.

Any other hints on how to get started?

Or does anyone have a beginnings of this?

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/

p.s. For your information, I am a NetBSD developer focusing on pkgsrc
collection work. (I also work on pkgsrc-wip, a sourceforge project.) I
work on patching and configuring a wide-range of third-party software so
it will portably build and properly install on a variety of operating
systems. (pkgsrc is useful for many operating systems.) I also maintain
vm-pop3d (now CVS hosted at sunsite.dk) and some other small open source
projects. My Xt Intrinsics skills are minor -- I have only written a
couple small Xt programs, but I can work at reviewing submissions and
keeping it in sync with XFree86 (and other) Xt.