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Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 15:15:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Peter A. Castro" <doctor AT fruitbat DOT org>
To: Earnie Boyd <Cygwin-Apps AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Question on submitting a package to cygwin
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On Wed, 15 May 2002, Earnie Boyd wrote:

> Uhm, Utils comes to mind.

Thanks for the response!

I considdered that, but it's not quite a utility.  Tools like diff or sed
or awk, those are utilities, but a 3270 emulator... I couldn't quite make
myself categorize it as such.  Ask yourself, would 'telnet' be
considdered a utility (because it's basically a telnet client)?  If so,
then you could considder x3270 a utility too.  If not, then what?
If nothing else pops up, then Util it well be. 

> Earnie.
> 
> "Peter A. Castro" wrote:
> > 
> > Hi All,
> >   I have a question on package classifications.  I've read through the
> > Cygwin Package Contributors Guide and found the list of approved categories:
> > 
> >  Admin   Archive Base   Database  Devel
> >  Doc     Editors Games  Graphics  Interpreters
> >  Libs    Mail    Math   Net       Shells
> >  System  Text    Utils  Web
> > 
> > I'd like to submit couple of packages that I've built under Cygwin, but
> > I'm at a loss as to a proper category.  The package is a 3270 emulator
> > (Paul Mattes's x3270 program) which contains a 3270 emulator for X as
> > well as a curses-based version (and a few other variants).  It's
> > basically a Telnet app which handles 3270 protocol.  So, what category
> > would this fit in?  Really, none of the above categories are a proper
> > match.  Would it be possible to lobby for a new category?  Say
> > "Applications"?  or "Emulators"?  If someone can suggest one of the
> > existing categories that would be fitting, I'd appreciate it.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > --

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