X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,TW_CG X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.7.7855,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2012-09-06_04:2012-09-06,2012-09-06,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=25 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1203120001 definitions=main-1209060218 Subject: Re: [ITP] amanda 3.3.2 From: "Mark O'Keefe" In-reply-to: <20120906191256.GA21040@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 06:34:02 +1000 Message-id: <607A38FB-9DB9-472D-80E7-35C58BA73B51@mac.com> References: <50475BC2 DOT 8040702 AT cygwin DOT com> <009A6899-F75F-4BA6-9F07-864DDED16C0C AT mac DOT com> <20120906191256 DOT GA21040 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 07/09/2012, at 5:12 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > 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*". I posted to that list and got zip. No messages got through. No response from the list owner. So the confusion was that it says to post there, but I was not able to do so. I was subscribed to the list and getting messages others sent to it. Message through now - thanks to Marco for being helpful. > > 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 > -- 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