Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2001/12/23/00:19:07
On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> I'm not sure what you're asking. sources.redhat.com is still going to
> be the main repository for all of the cygwin distribution and mirrors
> will be downloading from sources.redhat.com.
>
> So, you'll still need to have your package approved and uploaded to
> sources.redhat.com if you want the package to be part of the
> distribution.
>
> I can't see how that could possibly change. We can't rely on other
> systems to be part of the official distribution.
Chris, we were discussing the (not yet available) new features of setup,
where setup.ini from DIFFERENT sources could be merged into a single list.
Since you can ALSO add your own download list (by manually typing in a
different location), the obvious extension is:
use download sites:
ftp://favorite.cygwin.mirror/
ftp://my.local.mirror/
where my.local.mirror contains a NON-cygwin "sanctioned" package. Such
as, for instance, pre-submission versions of libtool, or JASSP Emacs, or
whatever...
This came up becuase MY answer to the question "can I submit JASSP Emacs
to cygwin" was "Well -- it's not free. I'd prefer a truly free (speech)
emacs, like FSF Emacs or XEmacs. But, (given above information) you could
put JASSP Emacs on your own site..."
--Chuck
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