X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:23:22 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: RPM's require to much knowledge of setup to port easily Message-ID: <20060616122322.GA10880@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <061020062022.10945.448B29F200067FE000002AC122068246930A050E040D0C079D0A@comcast.net> <448DE34F.6030303@cygwin.com> <449235C2.5030206@tlinx.org> <200606161013.44695.lloeki@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200606161013.44695.lloeki@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 10:13:44AM +0200, Lloeki wrote: >so my conclusions are: >1. there's no significant gain to switch to another bin-pkg format >2. any real gain for a growing numper of packages would come from source-level >support, not package support. >=> if a switch is ever to occur, it should be in favor of a source-pkg >autobuild format (with bin-pkg support), to encourage source-level support. My conclusions are: 1) People are happy to make sweeping statements about issues without actually knowing much about the subject. 2) It's really easy to talk about what should be done if you just want to talk and have no intentions of actually doing. cgf -- 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/