Re: [toolbox-l] Is there a list of future ports of Linux software?

[Marc S. <ma...@au...>]

Right  -  we have a list of about 29 requested packages which have passed 
through at least one legal checklist (there are multiple things we have 
to check).  There are some 40 or so more that people have requested that
have not been approved for redistribution at all from IBM (a slow process
for things which have patent grant language in their licenses).

Here are the 29 - these aren't necessarily the ones which we would attack next.
Some we might never get to.  I'm torn about making a vanilla apache RPM
available since there is a publicly available version in the IBM HTTP Server.

aalib bind ddd ethereal fvwm2 gd gif2png gnuplot groff IceWM netcdf openldap
php pine ppp proftpd pstoedit psutils squid tgif traceroute trueprint
xemacs xftp xmcd xmms xntp xpaint
xv - this one might have license problems

Eventually I'll open "bug reports" to make all this public.  I have an
internal aversion to opening "bug reports" that I know I can't turn around
that quickly.

Here are some others that have been requested at one time or another.
apache autotrace c2ps cdf dx fltk fox hdf hp2xx jpeg2ps latex libmng
libwmf mesa Mgv monitor netpbm plotutils pnmtopng procmail sendmail
sketch smake StarOffice t1lib wvWare xdir

The ones formally requested through the project page are openldap,
ethereal, etherape, and plotutils.  If there is something that you
would like to see, submit a bug report as David suggested.  That's
the place that will get the most attention.

Marc

> 
> 
> There is not a public list of software in the process of being ported,
> but you can find a list (in its infancy) of requested software
> at the toolbox web site, and you can also make your own requests
> there, under the "bugs" section as a "request":
>   http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/projects/aixtoolbox
> 
> I do not see any sign of an open source version of RealAudio;
> I don't think that it exists; we cannot provide it unless it is
> open source (and if the license also allows it).
> 
> We would love to get StarOffice working on AIX and it is being
> looked at -- but it is an enormous package; there is no target for
> availability at this point.
> 
> David Clissold
> cl...@au...
> 
> >Is there a list of Linux software in the process of being ported?
> >How about a list of Linux software being considered?
> >
> >Any chance of getting RealAudio ported?
> >What about StarOffice?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >GRegg Thompson
> >gth...@go...
> 


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