From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7022 invoked by alias); 10 Aug 2010 21:04:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 7011 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Aug 2010 21:04:53 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from wolverine02.qualcomm.com (HELO wolverine02.qualcomm.com) (199.106.114.251) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:04:49 +0000 Received: from ironmsg03-l.qualcomm.com ([172.30.48.18]) by wolverine02.qualcomm.com with ESMTP; 10 Aug 2010 14:04:47 -0700 Received: from nasanexhub02.na.qualcomm.com ([10.46.143.120]) by Ironmsg03-L.qualcomm.com with ESMTP/TLS/RC4-MD5; 10 Aug 2010 14:04:47 -0700 Received: from nasanexmsp01.na.qualcomm.com (10.45.56.204) by nasanexhub02.na.qualcomm.com (10.46.143.120) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.2.254.0; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:04:47 -0700 Received: from [10.52.126.167] (10.46.82.6) by qcmail1.qualcomm.com (10.45.56.204) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.2.254.0; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:04:47 -0700 Message-ID: <4C61BEEF.1020301@qualcomm.com> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:04:00 -0000 From: Rob Walker User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100512 Thunderbird/3.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Update on status of make-3.82 release for cygwin References: <4C61B2F5.2040409@qualcomm.com> <20100810202148.GA27734@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> In-Reply-To: <20100810202148.GA27734@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-08/txt/msg00228.txt.bz2 On 8/10/2010 1:21 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 01:13:41PM -0700, Rob Walker wrote: > >> On Cygwin, make-3.82 supports DOS paths by default. I'm curious about >> what work might be involved in re-enabling the --ms-dos option, and I'd >> like to help, if I can. >> >> I built my Cygwin make-3.82 packages directly from the upstream release >> tarball using the attached script. >> > I don't need help. I've been building make for years so I obviously > don't need your script. > > Sorry for the confusion: I was not offering my script as "hey look, here's how you do it", I was more saying "I did it this way, but maybe that's too simple. What else is involved, and can I help with that?" So: I'm still curious about the work you anticipate might be required. There's not much on the Cygwin site detailing the responsibilities of a package maintainer beyond: /Do you have the time to maintain the package?/ Packages without active maintainers are pulled from the distribution. Generally speaking the time commitment is relatively low, simply subscribe to the cygwin mailing list. We'd prefer if you read the non-digest mode since prompt response to packaging issues is a plus. When a /bug/ in your package is reported in the cygwin mailing list, address the bug (if it's a Cygwin-only bug) or pass back to the vendor. When a solution exists, create an updated package with the fix in it, and send a notification that you need the package uploaded to cygwin-apps. Note that you are not expected to be a helpdesk for the package - the users should be pointed to the vendors lists if you've determined that the bug is not a Cygwin-related bug. Thanks, Rob -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple