Re: [hatari-devel] Preparing Hatari 2.5 for release

[Nicolas Pomarède <npomarede@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 10/03/2024 à 13:22, Matthias Arndt a écrit :
> Am Sun, 10 Mar 2024 10:48:19 +0000
> schrieb Thomas Huth <th.huth@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > Am Sun, 10 Mar 2024 11:22:18 +0100
> > schrieb Nicolas Pomarède <npomarede@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > > Le 09/03/2024 à 19:26, Bob Carpenter a écrit :
> > > > I would change the release notes to let Mac users know that they
> > > > are unable to run IPF files with this release. Since the CAPS
> > > > library is not a universal binary, it could not be included. I do
> > > > not think most Mac users will care since I think very few have
> > > > IPF files. I had to try very hard to find any of them. I think
> > > > the MIDI fixes and other general fixes (along with the ability to
> > > > continue providing a macOS binary) outweigh the loss of running
> > > > IPF files.
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I don't know how many people are using IPF or not, but it's
> > > annoying to not have the possibility to use it anymore on macOS.
> > >
> > > As capslib hasn't chnaged in years and people sometimes complain
> > > they don't have capslib dev files or libs on Linux/Windows, maybe
> > > another possibilty would be to include capslib files in a
> > > "3rdparties" dir in Hatari's sources and compile it / link it
> > > directly with Hatari ? (that would be possible with their MAME-like
> > > license)
> > >
> > > I know linking directly to external libraries is not the prefered
> > > way, but sometimes it's the "less worst" solution.
> > >
> > > what do other think about this ?
> >
> > I'd rather not include GPL-incompatible files into the Hatari
> > repository, since this will likely trigger some red lights for some
> > distros in the long run.
>
> I agree with this assessment.
>
> However I think providing a dedicated repository outside of the Hatari
> context and a clear link to this would be a helper.
>
> "Get the necessary files *here* if you want the functionality. Place
> them in directory X and activate option Y in the CMake."
>
> I remember I never got the capslib stuff working on my end so as a user
> I would appreciate easy-to-follow instructions on how to get it
> up and running.

Hi

regarding Linux and caps library, it's already in readme.txt in main 
source tree. It points to http://softpres.org/download to get the devel 
files and explain where to locate them to include support in Hatari.

problem with macOS is that there's no universal binary of the lib, so 
hard to tell the user to get it himself and to compile the result :(