Mailing-List: contact cygwin-developers-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-developers-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-developers AT sources DOT redhat DOT com content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: RE: setup wishes -- any volunteers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.4417.0 Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:11:23 +1100 Message-ID: Thread-Topic: setup wishes -- any volunteers Thread-Index: AcCzM0iZBmlIn2frSXyPRYKv0DAdLQAAonrw From: "Robert Collins" To: , Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id UAA17582 > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf AT redhat DOT com] > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 11:57 AM > To: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com; cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com > Subject: Re: setup wishes -- any volunteers > > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:44:39AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > >I don't understand this (as both formats are GPL'd AFAIK) > but I'm not in > >the mood for bucking corporate reality just now... what RPM resources > >are available at RedHat that might make my efforts on this easier? > >(Read: I'm willing to try RPM, just not as enthusiastic). > > Dunno. I just don't want to be in a meeting where someone mentions > the Cygwin setup utility and asks what package format it uses. I > could probably defend it by stating that it was contributed by a > dedicated, selfless net contributor but I'd rather not have to. > > Obviously dpkg is seen as a "competitor" to rpm and rpm is a Red Hat > format, so... Hmm... Are there any marketdroids listening in? Free as competition to Free... cough, cough, diet coke went down the wrong way. Anyway as I said I'll give it a shot. > > This is one of those rare times where the fact that Cygwin is a > corporate-sponsored entity makes a difference. > > The last time it made a difference was where I was forced to delay > a new net release for almost a year and a half for various silly > reasons. > > cgf > A side-question: could volunteers have made a release during that period (if they got their act together?) Rob