[Rlib-devel] Re: RLIB / libextractor / nl_langinfo license question

[N. D. <nd...@we...>]

> Would you guys be open to starting a new project on sourceforge to hold
> these pirces of the posix/win32 puzzle?

OK, I have registered a new project there:

    _Description_:
    PlibC is a C runtime library for Windows that extends the MS libc by
    providing features defined in the POSIX standard and the Single Unix
    Specification.

    _Registration Description_:
    When existing Linux software is ported to MS Windows, a lot of
    functions provided by the (g)libc are missing or incompletely
    implemented. This library provides (re)implementations of those
    functions. It is largely written in C (C++ is only used where
    absolutely necessary).

    Users of software that use this libary should not notice the fact
    that the software is unixbased. Unlike Cygwin, this library
    integrates into Windows and does not try to imitate every single
    behaviour of Unix. The imitation takes place on source-level only.
    This means better performance and Windows "Look and Feel".

    Existing libraries that have been ported to Windows (pthreads, GTK,
    gettext...) will not be reimplemented/copied.

    This code is already used by the GNU projects GNUnet
    (www.gnunet.org) and libextractor (www.gnunet.org/libextractor). The
    RLIB project (sourceforge.net/projects/rlib/) has manifested interest.


I'll report back when the project is approved.


    Nils Durner