Re: Branches, Patches and Bugs, was Re: SDL_Perl-2.1.3 Build.PL bug

I believe I'm responsible for one of the branches chromatic was
referring to -- it was actually just a revivification of Tels' 1.20.x
work.  My OpenGL/SDL_perl articles made me a lightning rod for people
wanting various features and fixes to go in (not least of which myself).
Since I and others couldn't reach David, I opened a repo with the latest
1.20.x source I could find (Debian's package) and gave commit bits to
anyone who wanted one.

It's available here:

	http://svn.openfoundry.org/sdlperl1/trunk/

There are a number of features and fixes in that repo, most dealing with
cross-platform OpenGL bugs/features and better Win32 OpenGL support.  I
don't know how many are redundant with the latest 2.x work, and how many
should be brought forward.

For the record, I am INCREDIBLY glad you have created an open repo for
the latest tree, David!  It's exactly what the community needed to deal
with this problem of personal copies and distributed branches.  I for
one would be happy to see all of my branch's stuff merged and then drop
my repo completely.

I also keep an IRC channel open (#sdlperl) on irc.freenode.net, and
offer it for anyone interested in working on the merges.  If there is
already another preferred channel, I will be happy to point people there
instead.


-'f


On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 19:14 -0500, David Goehrig wrote:
> Ok, I took a few minutes out to change the configuration of my
> webserver and added a new repository, uploaded my current working
> code, and set the SVN repository up.
> 
> http://nexttolast.com/sdlperl
> 
> Anyone can make changes, but when you do please send me an email
> telling me what you did.  If I do a SVN diff and find a bunch of
> random changes I will revert it.
> 
> When you all think that the version in SVN is ready for CPAN, also
> send me an email and I'll push it out.
> 
> Those of you who want to try the new Mac OS X app bundle support check
> out the SDL_Perl directory.
> 
> Happy Hacking.
> 
> Dave
> 
> --
> "The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment
> an incredible miracle"
> 
> -Stapp's Ironical Paradox
>