Re: [hackers] [dev][slstatus] FreeBSD port?

From: Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo_AT_codemadness.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 11:44:43 +0100

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 12:15:49AM +0000, Michael Buch wrote:
> Indeed personally I thought the $(OS) directories in the original
> Makefile made for a cleaner way to port. Though before working on a
> rewrite/revert some consensus on this would be good.
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
> Am Do., 24. Jan. 2019 um 19:37 Uhr schrieb Quentin Rameau
> <quinq_AT_fifth.space>:
>
> > Hi,
> Hi Michael,
> > As part of my setup of FreeBSD I ported slstatus. Is the mainline
> a place
> > to commit such patches given the platform dependence of a tool
> like
> > slstatus? I guess porting to new platforms can increase the size
> of the
> > code base significantly if one sticks to the current project
> structure. Or
> > is a port like this better suited simply as a fork?
> The place would be indeed the suckless repo as it already had the
> goal
> to support multiple OSes.
> Maybe then, we could revert to having a source/object file per
> target!

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