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Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 23:34:49 +0100
From: David Stacey <drstacey@tiscali.co.uk>
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Hi.

Earlier this evening I submitted an ITP for yasm. I didn't realise at 
that point that yasm was available in Cygwin Ports - which means that I 
have probably just trodden on Yaakov's toes, and for that I apologise.

Please could someone kindly explain the difference between Cygwin and 
Cygwin Ports. Why are they kept separate, and under what circumstances 
could a package migrate between the two? Apologies if I should know 
this, but there doesn't appear to be mention of it in the Cygwin FAQ.

Many thanks in advance for clarifying this,

Dave.


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