[Frugalware-devel] a few news, partly for the newsletter

[Alex Smith]

VMiklos wrote:
> hi,
> 
> 1) gcjwebplugin
> 
> as of gcc-4.2.0-3, there is a usable mozilla java plugin based on gcj.
> this is very useful where the binary one is not available (ie.: x86_64)
> 
> documentation:
> 
> http://frugalware.org/docs/packages.html#toc28
> 
> 2) pacman-tools-0.9.3
> 
> a) fwmakepkg manpage. this is a new manpage and it's dynamically
> generated: it lists all the foo.sh manpages. i think this can be very
> useful for new developers
> 
> b) repoman: support for nobuild apps
> 
> till now the recommended method for nobuild apps was to use 'dr push'
> only. now the nobuild apps are also handled on the homepage, and the
> normal 'repoman push' skips all the steps which are not necessary for
> nobuild apps, so please do use repoman push for nobuild apps, too,
> otherwise they won't show up when searching on the webpage
> 
> in fact this was the main reason for implementing this - we regularly
> get requests to package skype, opera, etc beause users can't find it
> when searching for packages on the homepage
> 
> VMiklos

Cool, thanks. I'll add them :)

-- 
Alex Smith
Frugalware Linux developer - http://www.frugalware.org