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Date: | Fri, 30 Mar 2001 10:40:48 -0800 |
From: | Enoch Wu <ewu AT eskimo DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: for interest: cygwin rpm on sourceforge |
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 11:20:45AM -0600, Parker, Ron wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Charles Wilson [mailto:cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu] > > <snip> > > > This whole deal smacks of pure stubborn-ness. "I don't like the > > official installation method (even though it was the subject of months > > of debate) so I'm gonna muddy the waters with an rpm distro" "Even > > though I'm maintaining an rpm of bind for cygwin, I will not > > contribute > > a binary .tar.gz so that users of the official installation method can > > benefit..." > > I just hope it doesn't degrade into the GNU-emacs vs. XEmacs frackas, where > there are actually two very good and very similar packages with one freely > using code from the other, but donating none back to the original. (This is > not a commentary on XEmacs, I actually use both.) > I know that you know what the real world is like. Let me reiterate: It is not possible to stop developers from developing their own distributions. Another example is Linux, with so many not so compatible distributions. I believe that most developers believe that their way is the best way. What is in the mind of the Cygwin RPM developers I cannot tell. There is one thing that can be done. The cygwin website can warn others of possible problems in installing unofficial Cygwin binaries from elsewhere. Thanks for reading. EW
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