X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1+VaWbpFPVvXbf2PcLQvzvy Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 15:12:56 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: [ITP] amanda 3.3.2 Message-ID: <20120906191256.GA21040@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <50475BC2 DOT 8040702 AT cygwin DOT com> <009A6899-F75F-4BA6-9F07-864DDED16C0C AT mac DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <009A6899-F75F-4BA6-9F07-864DDED16C0C@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 03:58:25PM +1000, Mark O'Keefe wrote: > >On 06/09/2012, at 12:03 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > >> On 9/5/2012 12:19 AM, Mark O'Keefe wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I had tried posting this to the cygwin-apps list, but it would appear >>> that maybe I can't do that. So I'll post it hear for comment. >> >> From : >> >>cygwin-apps: a subscriber-only list for discussing packaging issues >>regarding applications that are distributed with the Cygwin DLL. If >>you are maintaining or volunteering to maintain one of the packages >>that is distributed with the Cygwin net releases you should be >>subscribed to this list. > >From > >Submitting a new package: >So you've got a package you want to submit. Follow the following >checklist before emailing the cygwin-apps mailing list and you'll >almost certainly save time. > >Propose on the cygwin-apps mailing list that you are interested in >becoming a package maintainer for package "foo" using a subject like >"[ITP] foo 0.10". Some packages cannot be distributed via Cygwin's >setup due to vendor licence limitations. Other packages may not be >appropriate for Cygwin. This step will save time if, for some reason, >we cannot accept the package. > >So, you might appreciate why I was confused thinking that I should >email the cygwin-apps list. I read (later) that it was a >subscriber-only list and emailed to this list instead. I'm guessing >that there might need to be some updates to the website to reflect the >correct process. I'm not sure what your confusion is but both of the above tell you to send intent-to-package announcements to cygwin-apps. One says "propose on the cygwin-apps mailing list". The other says for "maintaining or *volunteering to maintain*". cgf -- 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