[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Isotrident 2

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 11:09:06AM +0100, Per I. Mathisen wrote:

> Much better to include both xpms and pngs in the source distribution and
> cvs, and then only "make install" those that are needed. Then binary
> packages can include whatever format is relevant (AFAIK all could use
> png).

Yes.
 
> But I think adding a requirement for libpng is better still. AFAIK, it
> compiles on all platforms which freeciv compiles on (ansi C) and the only
> mandatory requirement it has which freeciv hasn't is zlib (it is optional
> in freeciv), and zlib is pretty much universal (required by gzip).

I've only compiled on FreeBSD, Linux and Solaris, but this is probably true.
libpng also seems stable (no "you *must* use version 1.72957" stories)

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Reinier