Changes between Version 27 and Version 28 of PortingTips

Timestamp:

10/14/10 11:00:05 (5 years ago)

Author:

mmu_man

Comment:

Mention some possible sources for existing patches

PortingTips

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  * Autotools - A Guide to autoconf, automake and libtool [http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/books/autotools_a_guide_to_autoconf_automake_libtool ebook]
 The CommonProblems page lists a number of common problems encountered when porting applications to BeOS.
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+== Places to check ==
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+Places to check for previous ports (though not all BeOS hacks are needed for Haiku):
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+ * http://revolf.free.fr/beos/patches/
+ * http://geekgadgets.back2roots.org/ has many old ports of stuff to BeOS.
+ * Searching for 'beos' on opensource project hosting sites like :
+  * http://developer.berlios.de/search/
+  * http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=beos
+ * bug/patch management of the target project might contain old unapplied patches.
+ * developer mailing lists archives
+  * most are mirrored on http://gmane.org/find.php
 
 == Getting started on Haiku ==