X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Thorsten Kampe Subject: Re: LFTP Version 2.6.10 is very old Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 17:44:02 +0100 Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <44589A74.20100@gmail.com> <"H000006d000c49ce.1146663708.aac-mail.bedford.aac-services.co.uk*"@MHS> <20060503135127.GJ4278@implementation.labri.fr> <20060503152823.GB8799@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com * Christopher Faylor (2006-05-03 16:28 +0000) > On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 03:51:27PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: >>Danny Harris, le Wed 03 May 2006 14:41:48 +0100, a ?crit : >>>I'd love to have the time to do that! I'd be prepared to have a go at a >>>one off update for now though, if anyone can point me in the right >>>direction to get started? >> >>http://cygwin.com/setup.html > > But, for the record, we don't do "one-off" updates. You're either a > maintainer or you're not. The above instructions are for people who > want to become full-time maintainers. I, too, stumbled over the old lftp (and had to compile it myself). Wouldn't it make sense to prune the Cygwin distribution from packages that are over - let's say - one year outdated compared to the upstream version? I think it's better not to have some package available than very outdated ones. Thorsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/