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Subject: RE: pkgconfig
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Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 18:21:32 +1100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Wilson [mailto:cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu]
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 6:10 PM
> To: cygwin-apps AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
> Subject: ITP: pkgconfig
> 
> 
> I've got pkgconfig ready for contribution to the cygwin distribution. 
> Since we're starting to get a few packages that include .pc files 
> (libxslt, libxml-2.0) we probably ought to have this. I've 
> got version 
> 0.10.0 (released 2002-02-02) ready to.
> 
> I think it should go in latest/pkgconfig/ alongside the 
> autotools (and 
> not contrib).
> 
> Votes?

For the package, yes. For the location, I think contrib. IMO *everything* thats not absolutely essential is contributed :}.

In fact, I'd go so far to suggest that we abolish latest and contrib altogether.. 

Rob