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Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 16:07:49 -0500
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Subject: Re: Package file lists archive
From: Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
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In June I presented the idea of a "Package file lists archive" and was met with
this

> I understand how the package generation would have to work and don't see a
> major benefit to introducing a package list file given the amount of work and
> the fact that I would have to do the work.

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-06/msg00276.html

However Christopher has since left the project

> In the last several months I've told various key players in the Cygwin project
> that I was thinking about withdrawing from the project. Today is the day that
> this becomes official.

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-07/msg00392.html

I would like to revisit this issue. I would like to see if I can help in any way
to make this happen. My work on "apt-cyg" has been hindered by the issue with
"cygcheck --package-query"

http://github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg/issues/21

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