Re: [fluid-dev] OS/2 support and glib

[KO Myung-Hun]

Hi/2.

address@hidden wrote:
> Sending again since I forgot to CC the list with my reply.
>
> Quoting KO Myung-Hun <address@hidden>:
> > Hi/2.
> >
> > address@hidden wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I've read that the glib library supports OS/2, but I haven't seen a 
> > >  place to download it.  I hope that it does not over complicate the 
> > >  OS/2 build of FluidSynth to move to using glib.  Do let us know.   
> > > I'll be removing some of the OS/2 specific code in favor of glib  
> > > provided code.
> >
> > You can find 'glib' stuffs here,
> >
> >    http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=glib&pushbutton=Search
> >
> > I think that 'glibidl_20070521.zip' is most reliable because it is used
> > by Mozilla suite. But I know it is 1.2.x.
> >
> > BTW, unfortunately I have not used them at all, so I cannot be sure
> > they work fine.
>
> Currently I was planning on requiring glib 2.10, as it has some 
> features like memory slices and in turn is required by libinstpatch, 
> which may be a future FluidSynth dependency.  I see that the version 
> on that site is glib 2.6 though.
>
> The benefits of using glib as far as code maintainability and 
> portability (for most operating systems) is very convenient.  I would 
> like to try and keep OS/2 support, since you have made the effort to 
> add it.

Thanks for your consideration for me.

> I think if it comes down to using glib or supporting OS/2 though, I 
> will likely choose glib.
>
> There aren't a whole lot of additional features with 2.10 though, so 
> we could probably depend instead on 2.6 or some lower version, or at 
> least provide backwards compatibility.

Ok. If possible, I want for you to do so.

> I'm still totally amazed that OS/2 is still being used! ;)  That you 
> are looking at a screen with a build of Mozilla, surfing the Internet. 
>  Amazing!

Actually, OS/2 is still being developed as eComStation by Serenity 
Systems. And I know, the build distributed most quickly of the 
contributed ones, is OS/2 build. ^^

--
KO Myung-Hun

Using Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.16
Under OS/2 Warp 4 for Korean with FixPak #15
On AMD ThunderBird 1 GHz with 512 MB RAM

Korean OS/2 User Community : http://www.ecomstation.co.kr