From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from omta002.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net (omta002.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net [3.97.99.33]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0017F3857371 for ; Wed, 4 May 2022 14:11:01 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 0017F3857371 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=systematicsw.ab.ca Received: from shw-obgw-4003a.ext.cloudfilter.net ([10.228.9.183]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id m1KVnkgYFgTZYmFiXnlWmW; Wed, 04 May 2022 14:11:01 +0000 Received: from [10.0.0.5] ([184.64.124.72]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id mFiWn3FJtQV6mmFiWnCjWG; Wed, 04 May 2022 14:11:01 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=PbTsOwtd c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=62728975 a=oHm12aVswOWz6TMtn9zYKg==:117 a=oHm12aVswOWz6TMtn9zYKg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=PYOqKKcWAAAA:20 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=NEAV23lmAAAA:8 a=uYT-Tk0qkVT609LjNaIA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=sRI3_1zDfAgwuvI8zelB:22 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 08:11:00 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.9.0 Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ITCoM] coreutils Content-Language: en-CA To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <88171af4-4425-1923-2641-94dfbbd769e5@SystematicSw.ab.ca> From: Brian Inglis Organization: Systematic Software In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfBLhZMdVQ7EwbdSnwXo0K0uXzgGRV3Uz+9wnUdi4/OY0lFJuQWuUR+Mcd/IjZSZwrZaMDm7jdON102Ns4kQUS2+hoa2yINKNcUNcwdtNeLU6YW9mYDkg 7kUy3wmBzyqTt3H1pXEucTb8RhvU3GewOFX/6QAnYG/31mvJC2IfMunFPekafp2F8GulqoIMeCdqjb7xwgtOLit7OBnxAmK36EQ= X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1165.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_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 14:11:07 -0000 [ISP being sold outsourced miltering to idiots who drop messages, so pasting from archives!] On Wed May 4 11:25:44 GMT 2022, Jon Turney wrote: > On 2022-05-04 01:49, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> On May 2 23:15, Brian Inglis wrote: >>> 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. > Done. Thanks. >>> 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 > Since it didn't already exist, I've created > git://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-packages/coreutils.git using a new tool > I've been working on ('ctm2git') which synthesizes a git history of > the packaging for a package from the source package history in the > CTM. > If that's not wanted, please let me know and I'll remove it. That's really nice, thanks, I'll drop my two version 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 current 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 ;) Thanks, hopefully I can be worthy of *IT*! -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]