X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:23:22 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: RPM's require to much knowledge of setup to port easily Message-ID: <20060616122322.GA10880@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <061020062022 DOT 10945 DOT 448B29F200067FE000002AC122068246930A050E040D0C079D0A AT comcast DOT net> <448DE34F DOT 6030303 AT cygwin DOT com> <449235C2 DOT 5030206 AT tlinx DOT org> <200606161013 DOT 44695 DOT lloeki AT gmail DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200606161013.44695.lloeki@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 10:13:44AM +0200, Lloeki wrote: >so my conclusions are: >1. there's no significant gain to switch to another bin-pkg format >2. any real gain for a growing numper of packages would come from source-level >support, not package support. >=> if a switch is ever to occur, it should be in favor of a source-pkg >autobuild format (with bin-pkg support), to encourage source-level support. My conclusions are: 1) People are happy to make sweeping statements about issues without actually knowing much about the subject. 2) It's really easy to talk about what should be done if you just want to talk and have no intentions of actually doing. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/