Mail Archives: cygwin/2010/08/10/17:04:59
On 8/10/2010 1:21 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 01:13:41PM -0700, Rob Walker wrote:
>
>> On Cygwin, make-3.82 supports DOS paths by default. I'm curious about
>> what work might be involved in re-enabling the --ms-dos option, and I'd
>> like to help, if I can.
>>
>> I built my Cygwin make-3.82 packages directly from the upstream release
>> tarball using the attached script.
>>
> I don't need help. I've been building make for years so I obviously
> don't need your script.
>
>
Sorry for the confusion: I was not offering my script as "hey look,
here's how you do it", I was more saying "I did it this way, but maybe
that's too simple. What else is involved, and can I help with that?"
So: I'm still curious about the work you anticipate might be required.
There's not much on the Cygwin site detailing the responsibilities of a
package maintainer beyond:
/Do you have the time to maintain the package?/
Packages without active maintainers are pulled from the
distribution. Generally speaking the time commitment is relatively
low, simply subscribe to the cygwin mailing list. We'd prefer if you
read the non-digest mode since prompt response to packaging issues
is a plus. When a /bug/ in your package is reported in the cygwin
mailing list, address the bug (if it's a Cygwin-only bug) or pass
back to the vendor. When a solution exists, create an updated
package with the fix in it, and send a notification that you need
the package uploaded to cygwin-apps. Note that you are not expected
to be a helpdesk for the package - the users should be pointed to
the vendors lists if you've determined that the bug is not a
Cygwin-related bug.
Thanks,
Rob
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