From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.187]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9C4F73858C56 for ; Wed, 4 May 2022 07:49:44 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 9C4F73858C56 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=cygwin.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=cygwin.com Received: from calimero.vinschen.de ([24.134.7.25]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue012 [212.227.15.167]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1N0qmr-1o0vSM0u85-00wiKX for ; Wed, 04 May 2022 09:49:43 +0200 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 39656A8064D; Wed, 4 May 2022 09:49:42 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 09:49:42 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ITCoM] coreutils Message-ID: Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <88171af4-4425-1923-2641-94dfbbd769e5@SystematicSw.ab.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <88171af4-4425-1923-2641-94dfbbd769e5@SystematicSw.ab.ca> X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:Q63/cf22WB/es0To+Tz70dNp4fzm278RsyfigL14wX3n0mWapxz 3H8mYOAhOYh9zC4ljUHkvxNb2PgnqaQSen/D+gNM6niLz3eWq0vWZWITNDnBaPNyWJdoi0M 3Qoyvm1Pf90NDrHK7sa9CwJJ0/JD1puG4g4JS1camnySS7g1HSHslPmKxh4vT+xhnnVRMMB frQ7F8Gi+cbgg8a08Xj5w== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:hrRQRqgFJcA=:MmoSRNhX10wgjI4D6JNmoR cllqpBD+0WRVa87MoZ/xfcANwghsmswB082WmBtBaXWjRdvAw/nbr+7Q8GnJcJ1PAluHDS6ci 7ZI63ObWFrg89/hzu9xUS6hpL2m/5G+hGrRlVEsSg04IoZfawB/P2Te0gVkVzOxn7cR/G98r2 XM/t0QI7JA+Rhd+tGQAy9TIh6mjf8AmAdB7/25RxY7AOwcwZ35voWch+szrRFbng9Zn0eWL3R MLNaJPyrff4yW6AIWFYmIb3KI9c+FHFidm3PyHde+trqEjQE+VNaMJkHXxGpT6eqCsdyi8ln0 6kJyhquv3OMXNSb5ipV1J/L/etX1oIvUASJ0wsTofaEQSOX7GdULereXJ/WYKZV+AQGq1k/dX 9WzKGeBVWfhtks73AJwwzSE/ypocgvQOtPZFjaia1J/Q45XVst+hL8OhTlNytN4917fRIhYea FxZDZ7vSLelyfS7QG+Src3HLYsg/pMvkQYpjXOyfvDydHb0Vwo7cqF65trAXqcHMFsFKtW2c1 uJX4cF3PJHKV18wYyjLOh2z5hMzTe49UNwfNHgdJQyY1a+hWnsdc/+Hlg0Y0bvGUP6k9fPeAn zf80iUeBpwvFLoHpX3Q4zny1l8S6n2ggk/5m4O316qQhKCAkNTB0YP0nFZf30OK6mgLiDuxzD tsLCeWcHcJ5WjoF5BTpBjEensrjpGg7m0ZmttoimkX4SXyNUGywlWKBAQ0AQ15IQ4ksjrYpW6 /5KTAIx56KYUESXS X-Spam-Status: No, score=-95.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, GOOD_FROM_CORINNA_CYGWIN, KAM_DMARC_NONE, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_FAIL, SPF_HELO_NONE, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE 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: Wed, 04 May 2022 07:49:46 -0000 On May 2 23:15, Brian Inglis wrote: > Hi folks, > > Eric Blake no longer seems to have free time available for Cygwin package > upgrades, so I would like to offer to co-maintain coreutils and provide > upgrades as they are now five years old. > > I would like to provide an upgrade to the final version 8 release 8.32, > initially as a TEST release, before working on the latest release 9.1. > > Package sources and archives are available online at: > > https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1z_giKv3QIUbYvSNOiTtMMr644v-wOG_k > > and builds in playground from: > > https://cygwin.com/git-cygwin-packages/?p=git/cygwin-packages/playground.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/playground > > https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/jobs.cgi?srcpkg=playground&status=&user=Brian+Inglis&id=4119 > > https://github.com/cygwin/scallywag/actions/runs/2239985902 > > The jobs appear to fail because some checks fail and return non-zero status. > Comparing checks between ciurrent and proposed releases and across > x86/_64/CI jobs, there appear to be fewer failures despite more tests. > > All feedback is encouraged and gratefully received. Thanks for picking up coreutils, which is not only by name a core package. I think this is at least worthy of a pink hippo ;) Corinna