From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-1.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com [207.211.31.120]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 414C2385E000 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2020 22:34:10 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 414C2385E000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=cygwin.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=yselkowitz@cygwin.com Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-163-37sZul5ENm-80GFOpbfN3w-1; Sun, 22 Mar 2020 18:34:08 -0400 X-MC-Unique: 37sZul5ENm-80GFOpbfN3w-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 25EDA8017CC for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2020 22:34:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ovpn-112-56.rdu2.redhat.com (ovpn-112-56.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.112.56]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AABDE5C3FD for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2020 22:34:06 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Subject: Re: Putting packages up for adoption From: Yaakov Selkowitz To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 18:34:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: References: User-Agent: Evolution 3.34.4 (3.34.4-1.fc31) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-14.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NEUTRAL, TXREP autolearn=no 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-apps mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 22:34:11 -0000 On Fri, 2020-03-20 at 10:29 +0100, Jan Nijtmans wrote: > Op vr 20 mrt. 2020 om 05:03 schreef Yaakov Selkowitz: > > 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. >=20 > I'm willing to adopt the tcl-related packages: >=20 > mingw64-i686-tcl Yaakov Selkowitz > mingw64-i686-tk Yaakov Selkowitz > mingw64-x86_64-tcl Yaakov Selkowitz > mingw64-x86_64-tk Yaakov Selkowitz > tcl Yaakov Selkowitz > tcl-itcl Yaakov Selkowitz > tcl-itk Yaakov Selkowitz > tcl-iwidgets Yaakov Selkowitz > tcl-tix Yaakov Selkowitz > tcl-tk Yaakov Selkowitz > tcl-togl Yaakov Selkowitz A word of caution wrt Tcl/Tk for Cygwin: upstream incorrectly treats Cygwin as a Win32 platform, necessitating extensive patches to make it comply with *NIX/X11 standards. These patches CANNOT be dropped without breaking compatibility, since Win32 and X11 APIs do not interact. Fortunately, Tcl/Tk moves rather slowly, so the existing patches should serve you well for some time. -- Yaakov