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Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> ldd zgv - libvgagl libvga  libjpeg libpng libtiff 

BL3 has none of those libraries.

> What parts of BL3 still need work?  

The foundation is working well.  All the X stuff is done.  
The last big job remaining is mail.  And then some general
tidying/slimming.  Followed by a week of testing.

> Will there be a make-fd.bat? 

Not in BL 3.00.  I'm not worrying about extras at the
moment.  Once the base distribution is out, I'll be
looking at options and add-ons.

BTW, BL3 will not be a particularly good foundation for
add-ons.  In order to fit everything into a small space,
I have viciously cut unnecessary libraries, fonts and 
resource files.  Most add-ons (especially for X) will
require extra bits & pieces to run.

BL2 is different.  It was designed from the bottom up to
provide a relatively easy upgrade path to Slackware 7.1.
BL3 does not do that (although it has the potential to
run packages from Slackware 3 or 4).  For every add-on
to BL3, we will have to ascertain (and document) what 
extra bit & pieces are needed to run it.

Cheers,
Steven