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Date:	Mon, 15 May 2000 11:00:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To:	earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject:	Re: [jorg DOT schaible AT db DOT com: Setup and zlib, libpng]
To:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Cc:	cgf AT cygnus DOT com, cygwin-apps AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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--- DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> 
> My original intent was to avoid this problem: Port version X.  Version
> Y released; version X deleted.  Time to port version Y.  What did you
> change?  With no base sources to diff against, you're out of luck.
> 
> So, I had hoped we could somehow keep enough information in the
> distribution to be able to know, quickly, what was involved in the
> port.
> 
> The diff would always be against the original sources, i.e.  they're
> what we needed to add to do the port.
> 

Uhm, CVS comes to mind as an aide in doing this.  Then the ones that care about
the original could use CVS to get it.  Personally, if I as a user download the
source file from the cygwin sight or mirror I would like it to configure and
make without applying a patch.

Regards,

=====
---
   Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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