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Subject: Re: porting 'screen'
From: Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To: Trent Albright <ruf_ruff AT hotmail DOT com>
Cc: cygwin-apps AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
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Date: 08 Nov 2001 09:41:35 +1100
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On Thu, 2001-11-08 at 07:46, Trent Albright wrote:
> I recently ran into screen and couldn't believe how useful it can be. It 
> wasn't to much trouble to get it working on Cygwin, so I thought it might be 
> worth while to go ahead and become a package maintainer for it. I've read 
> the FAQ which points to :
> 
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2000-11/msg00055.html
> 
> What exactly is the "approval" process for a package to get into the Cygwin 
> distribution? Anything else I need to do besides what's outlined above?
 
Read http://www.cygwin.com/setup.html and follow your nose.

The single source patch is incorrect, please follow the older
guidelines.

Rob