[haiku] Re: VMW tools as (optional) package
- From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:42:49 +0100 CET
> Hi there,
>
> I was wondering if the VMW tools [1] shouldn't become an (optional)
> package for our vmware images. At least the vmw_server is extremely
> useful for sharing the clipboard with the host system.
> I also propose to automatically start the vmw_server from the
> Bootscript
> if it's detected on the system.
Oh I didn't even know we had that already...
It might even work with recent QEMU as they also publish the vmport IO.
> If we decide to do so, what's needed for becoming an (optional)
> package?
> I can contact the author momoziro if that's needed and I guess the
> Haiku
> Gazette could host the small package itself if it won't be hosted in
> Haiku's repository.
We just need a zip available on the web.
François.
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