Re: [ITA] sqlite3

[Warren Young <warren@etr-usa.com>]

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.