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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:44:10 -0400
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Subject: Re: perl-5.6.0 ready for test! (IMPORTANT READ THIS MESSAGE ON MAINTAINER STATUS!)
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In-Reply-To: <20000822120810.11721.qmail@web106.yahoomail.com>; from earnie_boyd@yahoo.com on Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 05:08:10AM -0700

On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 05:08:10AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>--- Michael Ring <Michael DOT Ring AT t-mobil DOT de> wrote:
>> perl-5.6.0 is perl period ;-)
>> 
>-8<-
>> 
>> PACKAGING STATUS:
>> 
>> When tested this package should go nowhere (or perhaps contrib) version 5.6.1
>> should go to contrib
>> 
>
>IMHO, automake, autoconf, libtool and perl should be a part of the base package
>and therefore should go to the latest directory and not to the contrib
>directory.  Perl is required by the other three and automake, autoconf and
>libtool [are|have] becom[ing|e] a de facto standard.

I sort of agree but I wonder if we're starting to fill up the hard disks of people
who have no interest in doing development.

We're also growing the "support load" on cygwin AT sourceware whenever we add a new
package.

cgf