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thank your reply,

I have use cygwin long time, it's a great project.

If i want to help cygwin, what can i do?

how can i join cygwin team?
thanks again.

Oct 13, 2023, 12:18 by Brian DOT Inglis AT Shaw DOT ca:

> On 2023-10-12 18:41, xvac wrote:
>
>> Oct 13, 2023, 08:39 by xvac:
>>
>>> I find sqlite3 and postgresql packages in cygwin is outdate, anyone can up it to latest?
>>>
>
> I would say postgresql is only lagging a few months because the maintainer is busy with many other packages:
>
>  https://cygwin.com/packages/summary/postgresql-src.html
>
>>> also, many new CLI tools should add to cygwin official repo e.g., `bun` :
>>> https://github.com/oven-sh/bun
>>>
> With ~1.9k open issues, 155 pending PRs, and ~100 releases in 2 years, wait for it to stablize before looking at it.
>
> Problem is most packages are not written to really be portable, including ability to be cross-compiled, and languages especially are often written as Ph.D. projects, or academic projects to provide a subject for papers and a book by (a) professor(s), and abandoned once the developers get jobs or move away from the originating institution.
>
>> zig lang
>>
>
> Needs LLVM 17
>
>> nim lang
>>
>
> "Cygwin and similar POSIX runtime environments are not supported."
>
>> rust lang
>>
>
> "Cygwin and similar POSIX runtime environments are not supported."
>
> Needs LLVM 17
>
>> also should add to cygwin official repo.
>>
>
> Feel free to port them, but if they don't use autotools or cmake, libtool, and pkgconfig, expect a lot of work to get them running in the Cygwin environment.
>
> See the reference to the person trying to port Rust needing to get LLVM 17 ported.
>
> -- 
> Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada
>
> La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
> non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
> mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer     but when there is no more to cut
>  -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
>


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