On Nov 13 16:05, Warren Young wrote:
> On 11/13/2013 08:18, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 04:03:40PM +0100, Jan Nijtmans wrote:
> >>I would like to adopt sqlite3. I've packaged the latest release.
> >
> >I don't think the package is in need of adoption.  Warren Young is still
> >around and active, AFAICT.
> 
> Jan has been the driving force behind fixing the problems that
> prevented a simple update from SQLite 3.7.x to 3.8 on Cygwin.  (3.8
> is a big upstream release, and they broke a lot of things on Cygwin,
> since it isn't a primary deployment platform for them.)
> 
> The only reason I adopted this package in the first place is that
> the previous maintainer disappeared, and it was about to be removed
> from the distribution.  I just stepped in to rescue it.  I have
> never actually *used* SQLite on Cygwin, other than testing; Cygwin
> SQLite has never been my "itch."
> 
> I expect Jan to be a better SQLite package adoptive parent than I was.
> 
> Via private email and on the SQLite list, I've been explaining the
> whys and wherefores of the current Cygwin SQLite package to Jan and
> others. I don't intend to disappear entirely from the SQLite world,
> but I think most of the knowledge transfer has already happened.

Ok, thanks for clarifying, Warren.

Jan, please see https://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/package-upload.html
for how to request upload privileges and how to upload, once you got
your GTG for the package, which AFAICS, Warren would be the right guy to
do.


Thanks,
Corinna

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