From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wr1-x42c.google.com (mail-wr1-x42c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::42c]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 06AB6385E006 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2020 05:54:34 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 06AB6385E006 Received: by mail-wr1-x42c.google.com with SMTP id j17so6177963wru.13 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 22:54:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=qYQBecEwcfoXbtNVn6DAWZIKWIRg8sB+MTtY4u/9PM0=; b=nLHS/0uRv3kCGmwp4GsdNrFzKbALwtWF196jvUhO3WWV52s+Vl7xB/bBBXe7zt8Ykw ETTwX7/yA+EksPnw8Xt038HOBUB8unVBNPrLilKsjReKSWDTkYKVNOCDRPoprycxkug1 gUOgViVWkLOJfwClJuVSktxxwsGZCP4SB0hI6d+fsMs2nILBLIZ146T9UIhE3nkqR7LP DPe5g3moVxPe29RUcxerZLPz0zGyywC5j96C5hbIQWjjPHnV5VpcXJujsjG6WEEbEyZe zjXhbno14MikZVrkrVPhBKfWjYspA/Fvj9bVnnhzePagmq6Humeujcq5IDM8nK03AjyJ WoAA== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ0n5X2/wxf8eT3CzX6p8nihuqkv4T+6hMI/oqtcNbfabKXtXIFj Rs0V0SFtCA6rXLlS0a66fe2K/741 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vsZGMgyMLjLI86MkoeYH/VYgJWWrcJ41D028Cd6XJr+LrUxiC1SVjqe6wZHgxQJltwFVcO66w== X-Received: by 2002:adf:f0c5:: with SMTP id x5mr7356241wro.415.1585202072839; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 22:54:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?IPv6:2003:ee:6719:2901:524:c5b6:c394:7000? (p200300EE671929010524C5B6C3947000.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [2003:ee:6719:2901:524:c5b6:c394:7000]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u17sm2106490wra.63.2020.03.25.22.54.32 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 25 Mar 2020 22:54:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Putting packages up for adoption To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: From: Marco Atzeri Message-ID: <8de4bc18-86d2-4f3b-e2c4-8d1cd5792a23@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 06:54:31 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) 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-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 05:54:35 -0000 Am 20.03.2020 um 04:47 schrieb Yaakov Selkowitz: > Hello Cygwin package maintainers, > > > To that end, in the best interest of the community, please consider my > packages up for adoption. I don't expect that any one person will take > all of them; some are obsolete and due for removal anyway, some should > be picked up as soon as possible, and others might just end up > bitrotting if nobody is interested in them. However, in whatever there > is interest (or need), hopefully what is there now will serve as a > strong foundation to on which to continue to build. > I am considering to take over python, and I am building 2.7.17 and 3.8.2 to see how complicate it is. One question on the cygport # see PEP 394 dosym python${slot}.exe /usr/bin/python dosym python${slot}.exe /usr/bin/python2 do you see any problem to use alternatives for the same scope ? Regards Marco