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Re: [ITP] unison2.48
- From: Michael DePaulo <mikedep333 at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 08:16:18 -0400
- Subject: Re: [ITP] unison2.48
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On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Andrew Schulman <schulman.andrew@epa.gov> wrote:
>> On Fri, 2015-06-05 at 16:16 -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote:
>> > > On Fri, 2015-06-05 at 12:06 -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote:
>> > > BTW do you have any plans to build the GTK GUI versions?
>> >
>> > Not immediately. The last time I tried was several years ago, and there was
>> > some problem with lablgtk that kept it from working. That was many versions of
>> > unison and lablgtk ago, so it would be worth trying again, but only if people
>> > want it.
>>
>> I have had a working lablgtk in Ports for some time now. Have you tried
>> that?
>
> No, I haven't looked at it in at least 5 years.
>
>> > For myself, I use command line unison every day, but have no need for the GUI.
>> > And there's a Windows native build GUI, which probably meets many users' needs,
>> > although not necessarily Cygwin users. So I don't know how many people would
>> > want the GTK GUI.
>>
>> Well, I wouldn't outright replace the CUI version with the GUI (even
>> though IIRC the latter can work from the command-line as well with
>> DISPLAY unset) due to the additional dependencies, but as a separate
>> command it would be a plus.
>
> I always thought the GUI versions would be separate packages - unison2.48gtk,
> etc.
>
> I'll poll to find out what the interest is.
>
> Andrew
I am interested.
I will try to package unison2.48gtk when I get a chance; hopefully
within the next few weeks.
-Mike