DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id
	:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post
	:list-help:sender:to:from:subject:date:message-id:references
	:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=
	default; b=q6ikJB+GwwsRGFs8LYsCKvnjEuK+BTbzQLscaLjyC/Dwu0WXHd9gG
	ZwTA68Qv1bFMnK3teQRTP+7Vl3iFOgNIq8iWgAzXMwkcLK0MoIq/ymIaFIb1qexI
	wYVpfEY+h+qutAyqQnwWplz1uXIFZuKUkyPi8fYsUwqMNpE/zC20dQ=
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm
Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
From: Andrew Schulman <schulman.andrew@epa.gov>
Subject: Re: Questions about creating a package or not
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 08:59:04 -0500
Lines: 22
Message-ID: <ovngfa90iesa6v939v7djghsfmqvqtgf4k@4ax.com>
References: <CAO2ddnZLCiUcazcsT0cu9+Z5PLYSersJCeGb2rkKGCeDWp-bWw@mail.gmail.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

> Hello,
> 
> I have compiled monit in cygwin but some of the functionalities are not aware.
> I don't have the necessary programming experience to provide them.
> 
> The binary is usable, and I supply the unaware features with some
> wrapper scripts that "do same job".
> 
> After talking with the monit company, they will not release a monit
> release for cygwin in the near feature.
> 
> What should I do? Create a package alerting that some of the
> functionalities are not aware? Don't create a package? Forget it?

Many free software packages have to be adjusted to be used in Cygwin.  Sometimes
not every feature works.  This is perfectly okay.

If you think the version you have works well enough to be useful, and you're
willing to maintain it, then yes, please go ahead and package it.  You should
start by reading https://cygwin.com/setup.html, as Marco said.

Andrew


--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple