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Subject:	RE: New Packages Waiting! [WAS: New SGML/XML packages]
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From:	"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To:	"Nicholas Wourms" <nwourms AT yahoo DOT com>, <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
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I think no-one has had time. I recall several yea votes previously, so
it just takes me/corinna/chris/chuck/ anyone else with write access to
upload the packages. I don't recall who (if anyone) has sanity checked
the packages for post-install scripts etc.

I don't have time to sanity check the packages, but will upload if an
existing maintainer can confirm the sanity of said packages.

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicholas Wourms [mailto:nwourms AT yahoo DOT com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 8:44 PM
> To: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: New Packages Waiting! [WAS: New SGML/XML packages]
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> It has been 3 days since it was posted and, AFAIK, Jon has 
> gone through the proper procedure for becoming the maintainer 
> of the packages according to the packaging howto.  Yet, there 
> has been no discussion or acknowledgement of their existence, 
> other then my earlier comment.  If you recall, back in March 
> was when he first attempted to submit them, people became 
> sidetracked and, after he fixed all the issues that people 
> were complaining about, nothing was done to have them added.  
> Now he didn't use the [ITP] or [RFP], but that isn't stated 
> in the howto (perhaps it should be added?).  Can someone 
> please look into this and get his packages added to the 
> distribution?  This is really important step in achieving 
> full doc-tools capabilities in cygwin!  If there is a 
> problem, could someone please explain it.  I'm sorry if it 
> seems I am speaking for Jon, but I am a big advocate for this 
> functionality in cygwin (partly due to the fact most new 
> opensource and freesoftware builds its docs with some of 
> these tools).  Thanks in advance for your cooperation and 
> understanding.  The reference message containing all the 
> pertinent info and hint files is:
> 
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2002-05/msg00169.html

Thanks,
Nicholas

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