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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:58:07 -0400
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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To: Harold Hunt <huntharo AT msu DOT edu>
CC: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com, cygwin-xfree AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: xfree packages
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Let's be real picky:

XFree86-xserv-major.minor-portrelease.tar.bz2 is what is required for
the binary release.
XFree86-xserv-major.minor-portrelease-src.tar.bz2 is what is required
for the source release.

I've used xserv only as an example scenario and I'm not picking on it
specifically.

Earnie.

Harold Hunt wrote:
> 
> Yes, we try to keep things regularized around here, so XFree86 is the way
> that the package names need to be spelled.
> 
> Also, I request that you keep the XFree86-xserv package, as that will allow
> us to realize the immediate benefit of being able to release the Test-**
> server or updates to the stable server as small downloads that everyone can
> keep up to date with.
> 
> Thanks for you great work,
> 
> Harold
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 1:35 AM
> > To: cygwin-xfree AT cygwin DOT com; cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject: Re: xfree packages
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 09:40:46PM -0700, Ian Burrell wrote:
> > >I finished making some xfree packages. They are distributed binary
> > >archives repackaged as cygwin packages. I made a package directory that
> > >can be used with setup.exe from a local directory and over the network.
> > >
> > >I changed my mind about the division of the packages I proposed. I got
> > >rid of the multiple doc and fonts packages cause I was having trouble
> > >with the naming and directories. Plus, I assumed the people would want
> > >to install them together. The packages are now:
> > >
> > >xfree-base
> > >xfree-devel
> > >xfree-docs
> > >xfree-fonts
> > >xfree-xfs
> > >xfree-xnest
> > >xfree-xvfb
> > >xfree-xprt
> > >
> > >I don't have a machine that people can easily download the full files
> > >from. I can post the setup.* files and scripts I used to build
> > the packages.
> >
> > Yes, please post the setup.hint files that you used.
> >
> > I think that these files should be called XFree86-base (or just
> > XFree86), etc.  The project is the Cygwin/XFree86 project and I
> > think the package names should reflect that.
> >
> > cgf

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