Re: [Lzip-bug] [PATCH] lzip on Windows

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello JonY,

Thanks for the packages, and thanks to Tino for his feedback.

I have already uploaded the binary package here (see below about the 
source) 
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases-noredirect/lzip/lzip-1.8-win32-1.zip

Tomorrow I'll add the link to the home page, so that the mirrors have 
time to catch up.


JonY wrote:
> On 10/14/2009 16:03, Tino Lange wrote:
> > While you're in the mood :-) Do you think that you can port the lzlib
> > also to win32 / MinGW / MSYS ?
>
> OK, I'll take a look at them over the weekends.

Great!

I have just discovered  a site maintaining ports of unix tools for 
windows (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/). Perhaps you could take a 
look and get some ideas. Maybe the lzip port could be placed there or in 
a similar site. I don't know.

I am not yet sure what is the best way of distributing modified sources. 
The people at gnuwin32 distributes them as unified diffs 
(http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/summary.html).

In any case, could you please add a line stating something like "Ported 
to Windows by <your_name>", or "Patched for Windows by <your_name>", or 
"Windows modifications made by <your_name>", (you get the idea), under 
the Copyright line in every file you modified in the source package? I 
think the GPL requires modified versions be marked as such.

Also I remember a bug report in Debian explaining the file 
share/info/dir should not be included in binary packages. I don't know 
if it matters for windows packages.


> BTW, I have just been told that signal handlers for CTRL-C and 
> CTRL-BREAK do not work for Windows, the program just ends. I don't think 
> that is will be a huge issue though.

I never expected perfect behaviour of a posix tool on windows.


Best regards,
Antonio.