From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtpout2.vodafonemail.de (smtpout2.vodafonemail.de [145.253.239.133]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CE2A5386482E for ; Sat, 17 Jul 2021 05:20:22 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org CE2A5386482E Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=nexgo.de Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=nexgo.de Received: from smtp.vodafone.de (smtpa08.fra-mediabeam.com [10.2.0.39]) by smtpout2.vodafonemail.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78926121630 for ; Sat, 17 Jul 2021 07:20:21 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nexgo.de; s=vfde-smtpout-mb-15sep; t=1626499221; bh=S9da91sc10WQ0NIsUrcrV4T1kaPWgacW8HlSKz4c5ok=; h=From:To:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To; b=iFpcfnbScH3NbkDFb33hy0iut+qH0kXgSQ5mPOildW5q/AgWorCIjDNlg+vYxfgkf pYUBFBn+Lq2IU9AqmfgyEQMMsISuHBXFq9zqkz/n3SjD4+TUiaq3zLxcaZtpcXb6Dd CpWar0lnbC0jH4DSQmBxt5Oai3cZxC62a9YNGFNs= Received: from Otto (p5b2f356a.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [91.47.53.106]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.vodafone.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1010B14027B for ; Sat, 17 Jul 2021 05:20:20 +0000 (UTC) From: ASSI To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: attention alternatives maintainer References: <926424b8-7249-1a33-e1ca-b40d9ed11867@cornell.edu> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2021 07:20:16 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Doug Henderson via Cygwin-apps's message of "Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:19:15 -0600") Message-ID: <87fswd8qjz.fsf@Otto.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-purgate-type: clean X-purgate-Ad: Categorized by eleven eXpurgate (R) http://www.eleven.de X-purgate: This mail is considered clean (visit http://www.eleven.de for further information) X-purgate: clean X-purgate-size: 1083 X-purgate-ID: 155817::1626499221-00007455-B3209F8A/0/0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3032.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham 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: Sat, 17 Jul 2021 05:20:26 -0000 Doug Henderson via Cygwin-apps writes: > I will volunteer to be the alternatives maintainer. I may need some > help, though. Appreciated. > The package has not been released for over 10 years, for cygwin 1.7, I > think. The download location is worse than 404, it is "We can=E2=80=99t > connect to the server at www.fastcoder". Yeah. Plus, searching for "alternatives" is one of those things that just doesn't work. > I found what appears to be a Fedora repository on GitHub that is in > active development. > > https://github.com/fedora-sysv/chkconfig > > I'm getting ready to have a first look at the code. I think the > packaging will be more of a problem than the code revisions. openSUSE has switched to Debian's dpkg which includes update-alternatives as a utility: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE%3AFactory/update-alternati= ves Regards, Achim. --=20 +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Samples for the Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#BlofeldSamplesExtra