socat 1.8 release, please update it

socat 1.8 release, please update it

[xvac]

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Hi,

I notice socat 1.8 release, so socat package in cygwin is outdate.

please up it to date, 1.8 has much new feature very useful.

thanks ;p

Re: socat 1.8 release, please update it

[Marco Atzeri]

On 10/12/2023 17:06, xvac--- via Cygwin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I notice socat 1.8 release, so socat package in cygwin is outdate.
> 
> please up it to date, 1.8 has much new feature very useful.
> 
> thanks ;p

Do not spam the cygwin maintainer/packager list please

See :

https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.old-packages
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Every package in the Cygwin distribution has a maintainer who is 
responsible for sending out updates of the package. This person is a 
volunteer who is rarely the same person as the official developer of the 
package. If you notice that a version of a package seems to be out of 
date, the reason is usually pretty simple -- the person who is 
maintaining the package hasn't gotten around to updating it yet. Rarely, 
the newer package actually requires complex changes that the maintainer 
is working out.

If you urgently need an update, sending a polite message to the cygwin 
mailing list pinging the maintainer is perfectly acceptable. There are 
no guarantees that the maintainer will have time to update the package 
or that you'll receive a response to your request, however.

Remember that the operative term here is "volunteer".
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One month does not classify as "urgently need an update"
in my TODO list, but maybe Andrew can put your request
in the Christmas wish list

Regards
Marco

Re: socat 1.8 release, please update it

[Andrew Schulman]

> On 10/12/2023 17:06, xvac--- via Cygwin wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I notice socat 1.8 release, so socat package in cygwin is outdate.
> > 
> > please up it to date, 1.8 has much new feature very useful.
> > 
> > thanks ;p
> 
> Do not spam the cygwin maintainer/packager list please
> 
> See :
> 
> https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.old-packages

Marco, thanks. But I thought the request was fine.

xvac: I have tried to build socat 1.8.0.0 for Cygwin, but the build fails. I
need to submit a bug report about it. As Marco said, maybe on the Christmas wish
list :)

Re: socat 1.8 release, please update it

[Andrew Schulman]

> Hi,
> 
> I notice socat 1.8 release, so socat package in cygwin is outdate.
> 
> please up it to date, 1.8 has much new feature very useful.
> 
> thanks ;p

I fixed the build error with socat 1.8, so I'll get the new release out shortly.
Andrew