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RE: setup wishes -- any volunteers
- To: <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>,<cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: RE: setup wishes -- any volunteers
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:11:23 +1100
- Thread-Index: AcCzM0iZBmlIn2frSXyPRYKv0DAdLQAAonrw
- Thread-Topic: setup wishes -- any volunteers
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 11:57 AM
> To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com; cygwin-developers@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: setup wishes -- any volunteers
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:44:39AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> >I don't understand this (as both formats are GPL'd AFAIK)
> but I'm not in
> >the mood for bucking corporate reality just now... what RPM resources
> >are available at RedHat that might make my efforts on this easier?
> >(Read: I'm willing to try RPM, just not as enthusiastic).
>
> Dunno. I just don't want to be in a meeting where someone mentions
> the Cygwin setup utility and asks what package format it uses. I
> could probably defend it by stating that it was contributed by a
> dedicated, selfless net contributor but I'd rather not have to.
>
> Obviously dpkg is seen as a "competitor" to rpm and rpm is a Red Hat
> format, so...
Hmm... Are there any marketdroids listening in? Free as competition to
Free... cough, cough, diet coke went down the wrong way.
Anyway as I said I'll give it a shot.
>
> This is one of those rare times where the fact that Cygwin is a
> corporate-sponsored entity makes a difference.
>
> The last time it made a difference was where I was forced to delay
> a new net release for almost a year and a half for various silly
> reasons.
>
> cgf
>
A side-question: could volunteers have made a release during that period
(if they got their act together?)
Rob