Thanks for the info, lots to think about! I admit my initial thought was just to push the PCSI kits I'd built for my own personal use - my side project has been trying to get an updated web browser running on VMS. But building them from repositories makes much more sense (as does the reasons you mention, I suspect there's been some horror stories in the past). Also it fixes my sudden realisation that I'd probably have to rebuild and repackage everything I'd got with a generic host (I tend to build...
Hi, I'm a hobbyist interested in helping with GNV/porting efforts, and while I'm not in the league of JEM and the like, I hope I can provide some assistance. What's the process for being approved for uploads? Currently I can only build for Alpha , but maybe IA64 in the near future. So far I have: Updated existing ports of Bash from 4.3.46 to 4.3.48 LibPNG from 1.2.13 to 1.2.59 ZLIB from 1.2.7 to 1.2.11 Perl 5.26 to 5.28 New ports (AFAIK) of XZ 3.5.4 LibIDL 0.6.8 Thanks, Ben. Build Systems: DS20e,...
Hi, I'm interested in helping with GNV/porting efforts, and while I'm not in the league of JEM and the like, I hope I can provide some assistance. What's the process for being approved for uploads? Currently I can only build for Alpha , but maybe IA64 in the near future. So far I have: Updated existing ports of Bash from 4.3.46 to 4.3.48 LibPNG from 1.2.13 to 1.2.59 ZLIB from 1.2.7 to 1.2.11 Perl 5.26 to 5.28 New ports (AFAIK) of XZ 3.5.4 LibIDL 0.6.8 Thanks, Ben.