Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2002/04/10/14:13:18
Earnie,
> 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.
That's pretty close, but XFree86 specifies three version number, so it would
actually have to be:
XFree86-xserv-major.minor.other-portrelease.tar.bz2
XFree86-xserv-major.minor.other-portrelease-src.tar.bz2
Harold
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 8:58 AM
> To: Harold Hunt
> Cc: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com; cygwin-xfree AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: xfree packages
>
>
> 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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