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authorwiz <wiz@pkgsrc.org>2009-08-16 15:38:01 +0000
committerwiz <wiz@pkgsrc.org>2009-08-16 15:38:01 +0000
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pkglint fixes. Merge in maintainer from wip.
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@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
Libev is modelled (very losely) after libevent and the Event perl
-module, but is faster, scales better and is more correct, and also more
-featureful. And also smaller. Yay.
-
-Some of the specialties of libev not commonly found elsewhere are:
+module, but is faster, scales better and is more correct, more
+featureful, and smaller. Some of the specialties of libev not
+commonly found elsewhere are:
- extensive and detailed, readable documentation (not doxygen garbage).
- fully supports fork, can detect fork in various ways and automatically
@@ -20,13 +19,6 @@ Some of the specialties of libev not commonly found elsewhere are:
- very little memory use (small watchers, small event loop data).
- optional C++ interface allowing method and function callbacks
at no extra memory or runtime overhead.
-- optional Perl interface with similar characteristics (capable
- of running Glib/Gtk2 on libev, interfaces with Net::SNMP and
- libadns).
+- optional Perl interface with similar characteristics
- support for other languages (multiple C++ interfaces, D, Ruby,
Python) available from third-parties.
-
-Examples of programs that embed libev: the EV perl module,
-rxvt-unicode, gvpe (GNU Virtual Private Ethernet), the Deliantra MMORPG
-server (http://www.deliantra.net/), Rubinius (a next-generation Ruby
-VM), the Ebb web server, the Rev event toolkit.