From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-yw1-x1133.google.com (mail-yw1-x1133.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::1133]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 109EE383FBAD for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2023 16:56:12 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 109EE383FBAD Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Received: by mail-yw1-x1133.google.com with SMTP id 00721157ae682-5416b0ab0ecso151617497b3.6 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2023 09:56:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; t=1679158571; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=euQXvOAg0PVclG8ij8sv19F8+Zy3jdu7L4v7QaJwSmM=; b=heILpDewNb1RniB0LxvMW8mOjv4gxDafduZwq4ZsJMVpgh6ZMbpGsu17gmLMNBR7xk HGkCBKKjALR8uofbvD1g0+IY8VirlmNciP51B+xn+M68CCQzhSkK5owuTzKgMsgsQqzq P3Vhn8phR4JnS/48LVwdlFJ67sSuefwXBb5piivXcPEH2Tb86xTXXdP+t305890jwkma vCmjfn0HqQZSQ7IQP7c2Il64wp4INMNX1iUWg0oApTe7ZdBy11hWexSI2dK0ulHagQIM nUrTc39ETs1C+s4l0EPkkFNml89WqPJle90mNmuEObrCP+q/2+4VWfxJYmTKQKPC0k/6 xYiQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; t=1679158571; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=euQXvOAg0PVclG8ij8sv19F8+Zy3jdu7L4v7QaJwSmM=; b=jNF8FatZF6JRZHSQAZZTDW4CMDVdOS8Tc1wSGIb/CbdRHWT354N+o9oo4INOdUH8OR Y2dnR5dmA0rn0ziNDgHKEScANiNjH1Cdzifa4DZYA4SvBEoMvOZ9V3Mdee0DBm94gONr b1I+kpZ0Y/1fu6YH2zH9/r1599yxc6t7vpY5VTMx7dl28vmJSaU2LI5oEsInE68KGipc Od9cLN/S45e4+s+i3uA950QaNrb8EpqfQIvLMiKT8Cpl7Yb0dw9qUS7Zjm5UiyjKqb3u ULYpUgEz4WHSUJ7QL/zRwHNggg3iwDvL7INBdUtAOuXi+B+hyH1Wf24bRXdvs2+4a4Mc zzsg== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKWqYDCOzqPRLQqrpsUgy+ryki0W7jtsM2SNuDb3sZXTXg3hvKIj bxWEr3QxjvfGeJb/EJzirCtuSEN/UnP3/ykcRpeK0vS/G5s= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set/RpJ742Y3bNJPWOlreUyAbvqLjS+pz9DK4ho2X0MHOSyeQF3zNqcA3w8WxffK4UddUz14IQE+73rQf0gyK4fY= X-Received: by 2002:a81:cf04:0:b0:544:d154:fd3c with SMTP id u4-20020a81cf04000000b00544d154fd3cmr2574967ywi.1.1679158571279; Sat, 18 Mar 2023 09:56:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20230317092935.gnhy6het67peihf5@lucy.dinwoodie.org> In-Reply-To: <20230317092935.gnhy6het67peihf5@lucy.dinwoodie.org> From: marco atzeri Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 17:56:00 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: xlsx2csv package may not be required. To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Cc: Doug Henderson , Adam Dinwoodie Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_SHORT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_PDS_OTHER_BAD_TLD autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 10:29=E2=80=AFAM Adam Dinwoodie via Cygwin-apps wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 07:58:48PM -0600, Doug Henderson via Cygwin-apps = wrote: > > There is a current pure python version of xlsx2csv which runs for many > > versions of Python 2 and Python 3. > > > > It may not be necessary to provide a package for it in cygwin. > > Instead, users may install the pure python package from PYPI > > https://pypi.org/ using pip or another python package manager. > > Installing using pip or similar is an option for the vast majority of > packages that are available through the Cygwin installer; by that logic > it wouldn't make sense to provide most of the Python packages we > provide. Which wouldn't be an invalid strategy, but it would be a very > big change in how we handle things! > > I think the advantage of using the Cygwin packages is a better > likelihood of packages actually being compatible with Cygwin, rather > than having some weird and unpredictable package dependency issue. A > pure Python xlsx2csv is very unlikely to be affected by that sort of > issue, but providing it as a Cygwin package means users shouldn't need > to even think about whether the package is a pure Python package or not. I agree with Adam. I would have no problem to release the python package no if not for the problem to the laptop I guess one month from now I will be able to be operative again (assuming the target supplier of the laptop https://frame.work/ will not have delivery problem) Regards Marco