From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23122 invoked by alias); 16 Feb 2015 08:04:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 23110 invoked by uid 89); 16 Feb 2015 08:04:27 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:04:26 +0000 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t1G84Odb019033 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 03:04:24 -0500 Received: from YAAKOV04.redhat.com ([10.10.116.24]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t1G84NmR024964 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 03:04:24 -0500 Message-ID: <1424073863.6832.11.camel@cygwin.com> Subject: Re: notice of package removal From: Yaakov Selkowitz To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:04:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <54E0C50A.6050703@gmail.com> References: <54E0C50A.6050703@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2015-02/txt/msg00192.txt.bz2 On Sun, 2015-02-15 at 17:10 +0100, Marco Atzeri wrote: > I justed noticed you zapped proftpd when at the same time > I was working to upgrade and build the 64 bit version. > > No objection to remove packages; we have a lot in bad state > and some are dead upstream but it will be nice to be synchronized. proftpd was orphaned last month[1], and I hadn't seen any indication that there was interest in adopting it. While I have been rebuilding some of the simpler orphaned packages, proftpd didn't appear to qualify after a quick look. If you are interested in adopting, the old sources should still be in the Cygwin Time Machine, although given how old they were, Fedora's packaging[2] may be more useful. [1] https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2015-01/msg00085.html [2] http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/proftpd.git/tree/ -- Yaakov