From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm1-x32b.google.com (mail-wm1-x32b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::32b]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 459B23858C60 for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2021 15:39:00 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 459B23858C60 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Received: by mail-wm1-x32b.google.com with SMTP id p27-20020a05600c1d9b00b0033bf8532855so2572600wms.3 for ; Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:39:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject:content-language:to :references:from:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jkYG/ZqtBByQnNnGN1rHAw5MiohJ1Ky0BAydJtf5UJs=; b=Fh8sDmUupcFp1cyzlgyJBfUXlNOifuobabcjjrs1YQILaNm34RFG7UNxDi3cbJhRsh VCYPb9dgK6ISSfz3b5DSNExIoy4oyfHaVZ2HPLqK0q/jPWXD9o2IEWw+GH1MEX8jC18R nJh5h6s6IXYO5+cTHi/UT/74v9LPX2sNEBpfGOvfchhXqamET8ZbDHByGEPzaQrQR8N6 rqo43/VleUt9c5bElPsG/I6D/DRl3bHXG+4tRu8RlAaWk3K0Z7M3Nxhk0ackMiHQpjEg h7tZQaaKUXHCCiVzWQd/Pbf3GM3SqHeeoGlM3cGsfdRhSSNhmiUAsEUoTRpFMawGm7ln F6wA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:to:references:from:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=jkYG/ZqtBByQnNnGN1rHAw5MiohJ1Ky0BAydJtf5UJs=; b=tTD5wVdkJdydfmxenXAMrRvfUI/rhn3xssKqmu0MVa9pz5j8H11eQ0QIdXna8TKT9y zbJ/8FvIQol0Q+gOkHPa2fJiTPy1TLUejL4p8iILMI4egfNfetDMJcaQdc8E2UrU14Nv UJr3Bqr9IizDA8qdUB46hNe4llq/pcPrX7sKLR4v5FHmJaj2rXCgjIjKO0WkR8kViILJ Xj7HB37y6lQn0Hr4DV8IVXmoa98xgLVJps/6y+uZmSb4y1grAEAg/+LmL/wdTIc7LeAS zG9Tt/0zbU7tysp3c7oerUGVcu0FD3sv9SO+Ht8U8Mtwz2HNG7pvlk7mczM2chO6V0mj Tq9A== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5312r/LZPMU/MLIoRN77yRlRPIIHMSrvWpThPIKZ+fEkDta6d3Ii 5zRTIRaGOZgnxOqAs0USJHPuVwCG/Pg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzrEr3YBN3dCjKS1W0J00WoOwT2qd6E/nzWI3+OvjSYAanglHRJIH00qsdW6LgHyciUcdG+/w== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:3846:: with SMTP id s6mr7924380wmr.55.1638891539291; Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:38:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?IPV6:2003:cc:9f31:9838:8956:eba8:65ca:7a3? (p200300cc9f3198388956eba865ca07a3.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [2003:cc:9f31:9838:8956:eba8:65ca:7a3]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 9sm94998wry.0.2021.12.07.07.38.58 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:38:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <51f63f48-8d71-734d-3ca1-3caabd934a7d@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 16:38:58 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.2 Subject: Re: Orphaned Packages in Packages List Content-Language: it To: "Fenlason, Allen [US] (ES)" , "cygwin@cygwin.com" References: From: Marco Atzeri In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP 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@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2021 15:39:01 -0000 On 07.12.2021 16:19, Fenlason, Allen [US] (ES) wrote: > I am trying to understand the process for managing packages that are listed on the CygWin Packages list page. > > This specifically refers to https://cygwin.com/packages/package_list.html. > > In reading the CygWin Package Contributor's Guide, it indicates that packages without active maintainers are removed from distribution. Does that just mean it is not included as part of the base installation of CygWin, or is there also a process for removing these from the Package List site? Hi Allen we are not removing them; just not updating until a new maintainer adopts them, or some one update them (usually for solving dependency issue) The full list of packages and maintainers is here: https://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-pkg-maint Regards Marco