Missing modules --------------- The following modules are not included in the Debian Pike packages for various reasons, even if they are included in the module reference (pike7.6-reference): - DVB: Doesn't work with Linux 2.6 (and certainly not with other OSes). - _Ffmpeg: formerly missing from Debian due to patent issues. Might be included in the next release. - Gnome, GTK, GDK: Uses obsolete GTK version (1.2). - Math.Transforms.FFT: Few use cases in Pike, pulls in unnecessary dependencies. - Mird: Old, unmaintained, largely unknown library. - Msql: Obsolete, proprietary DBM. - PDF: Uses unmaintained libraries unavailable in Debian. - Ssleay: Obsolete. - Oracle: Proprietary DBM (so far ...). - Java: Links with the JVM library in a non-policy compliant way. Work needed. - Image.TTF: Uses obsolete library (freetype1). Places to visit --------------- - http://pike.lysator.liu.se/ - the main Pike site - http://community.roxen.com - community site for users of the Roxen webserver and the Pike bugs database, information etc. - http://caudium.net/ - website of the Caudium WebServer which is written in Pike - http://www.roxen.com/ - website of the Roxen IS, the company which for a long time developed and maintained Pike as well as the Roxen WebServer mentioned above. Notes for developers -------------------- The postinst script created a few directories in /usr/local which you can use for your modules/include files. Once created by the postinst script they will never be touched by any pike package again. The directories are: /usr/local/include/pike /usr/local/include/pike7.6 /usr/local/lib/pike/site_pike /usr/local/lib/pike7.6/site_pike /usr/local/share/pike/site_pike /usr/local/share/pike7.6/site_pike Note: I have come to the conclusion that this structure isn't awfully well though through. It is likely to change, but probably not until Pike 7.8. What's missing is a working infrastructure for building and installing third-pary modules and applications so that they won't have to be rebuilt for each new Pike revision, similarly to Perl and/or Python. Stay tuned. ---- $Id: README.Debian 227 2015-09-20 16:40:03Z holmgren $ -- Magnus Holmgren , Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:12:28 +0200