* Stephen J Turnbull <turnbull(a)sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> writes:
>>>>>> Steve Youngs <youngs_s(a)ozlinx.com.au> writes:
Steve> My package, which is an ICQ client for XEmacs, needs an
Steve> external binary program to run. The external binary is a
Steve> UDP to TCP bridge. Unfortunately, at the moment it will
Steve> only run on Linux (x86)[1].
Steve> See the dilemma?
> No. If it's not free software, we won't distribute it. If it is, we
> can.
It is free software, so, in your eyes it's not a dilemma?
> If it is really quite Emacs-specific, it would go in ./lib-src. If
> the UDP-to-TCP bridge seems more generally useful, create a project on
> SourceForge, and we can put a version in ./lib-src is that seems
> necessary. Either way, it will probably get ported (and quickly;
> people can't seem to live without ICQ, whatever that is ;-).
Well at the moment I have no interest in doing anything with it except
for using it for ICQ in XEmacs, so I guess that would make it pretty
well Emacs-specific. I have put it in ./lib-src (figured that would
be the best place for it).
Should I just submit the package as is and mark the description "For
Linux x86 only - please port me"?
> The work to do it as an Emacs module would be appreciated, but that
> can't change any system dependencies.
Would there be any advantages to having it as a module? Or would it
just be a waste of time?
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