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Re: libevent-2.0.21
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 12:17:26 -0400
- Subject: Re: libevent-2.0.21
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On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 03:56:30PM +0100, David Stacey wrote:
>On 04/10/13 15:15, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 06:46:12AM +0100, David Stacey wrote:
>>> On 04/10/13 06:05, Chris Olin wrote:
>>>> Bear with me, as this is my first time doing this and every archived
>>>> intent email seems to have it's own format. Any advice is appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> category: Libs
>>>> sdesc: "The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback
>>>> function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a
>>>> timeout has been reached."
>>>> ldesc: "The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback
>>>> function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a
>>>> timeout has been reached. Furthermore, libevent also support callbacks
>>>> due to signals or regular timeouts. libevent is meant to replace the
>>>> event loop found in event driven network servers. An application just
>>>> needs to call event_dispatch() and then add or remove events
>>>> dynamically without having to change the event loop. "
>>>> requires: ncurses-devel
>>>>
>>>> http://libevent.org
>>> If you're offering to maintain a package then thank you.
>> Ditto but there is at least one more hoop to jump through before the
>> package is even accepted into the distribution. You have to show that
>> it is available in major Linux releases first.
>
>I checked before replying - I should have included the links; sorry.
>Both libevent and tmux are present in several major distros:
>http://pkgs.org/search/?keyword=libevent
>http://pkgs.org/search/?keyword=tmux
It's not up to *you* to check before replying, it's up to the OP and
potential packager.
This is now a moot point but I don't want potential packagers to assume
that other people will do their due diligence for them.
cgf