From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from omta001.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net (omta001.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net [3.97.99.32]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46869387740D for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2021 04:33:32 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 46869387740D Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=systematicsw.ab.ca Received: from shw-obgw-4001a.ext.cloudfilter.net ([10.228.9.142]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id DvJkmiLMLFRDpE2PLmehjc; Thu, 12 Aug 2021 04:33:31 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.105] ([68.147.0.90]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id E2PLmWBsMM8olE2PLmdEuE; Thu, 12 Aug 2021 04:33:31 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=Ua6U9IeN c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=6114a49b a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:117 a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=94nOnFI1EgyDtX4ev68A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=sRI3_1zDfAgwuvI8zelB:22 Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ITCM] bison dash grep gzip m4 readline sed To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <135aa60f-9b45-9ca8-0cab-ebbcf7eb4681@gmail.com> From: Brian Inglis Organization: Systematic Software Message-ID: <30469d96-e2ad-a877-1b7b-d52fa9e549be@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 22:33:30 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <135aa60f-9b45-9ca8-0cab-ebbcf7eb4681@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfMDna1QWP4bgCjhnytiqoPHLzB8SEe5HVptjzEFTlzYM7H7KQ95Q8pQuE7CsLpqR6Lmmabcc2pboXtVzsYlnODIxRoJPTplRj23nr1ir1pgmDgtj551+ 4NZQsICiPyp4U0vJH+IzQ5MNhriMIF2tNd3Sx5LzPGQwGem///PBflPNIutBDDXy7as4W0RyK1+SLTPUceYC+sgSCUskM99u5lI= X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1158.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, BODY_8BITS, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, LIKELY_SPAM_BODY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Cygwin package maintainer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 04:33:42 -0000 On 2021-08-11 14:21, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps wrote: > On 10.08.2021 07:47, Brian Inglis wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> Once again been looking over commonly used outdated packages I use >> frequently which need upgraded and picked another few of Eric Blake's >> I would like to request to co-maintain and upgrade as they are a few >> years old. >> >> Attn: Eric Blake - advice, comments, concurrence or objections to my >> co-maintaining the packages for bison dash grep gzip m4 readline sed? > > added Eric in CC BCC? >> I am as usual dogfooding these, including rerunning the builds and >> checks after local installs on both arches, but would appreciate any >> advice about whether any or all of these should be test releases (e.g. >> readline) before upgrading stable releases (given some recent issues I >> caused) or other comments or suggestions. >> >> These builds have all been tested in the git-cygwin-package playground >> repo; see: >> >>      https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/jobs.cgi?id=3148..3151,3154-3156 >> >> commit links show the package and log links show the results. >> >> [I am working up to looking at dealing with bash and/or coreutils: any >> suggestions for less significant packages to tackle for more >> experience upgrading packages needing Cygwin tweaks would be welcome! >> ;^>] > > I assume the previous answer from Eric is also valid here > so I added Brian as co-maintainer Thanks Marco I will push each package's updated .cygport to init each package's git-cygwin-package repo, on the playground branch, so builds can be reviewed, and any feedback or suggestions given, as these packages' functioning are fairly core and some are Base packages required in all Cygwin installations. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]