How to bring ddrescue up to date?

How to bring ddrescue up to date?

[Webbed.Pete]

(First time poster here. Hi all ;) )

The ddrescue package has not been updated in cygwin since 2013. However, the 
underlying app has gone through a LOT of improvement since then, all the way through 
this month.

Questions:
* How best to request an update by the maintainer?
* How hard for me to generate my own update?
* Are multiple maintainers allowed for a package?

Thanks!

Pete


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Re: How to bring ddrescue up to date?

[Christian Franke]

Webbed.Pete wrote:
> (First time poster here. Hi all ;) )
Welcome!

> The ddrescue package has not been updated in cygwin since 2013. However, the
> underlying app has gone through a LOT of improvement since then, all the way through
> this month.

I will provide ddrescue 1.21 soon after its release.

Regards,
Christian


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Re: How to bring ddrescue up to date?

[Webbed.Pete]

Christian wrote:

>I will provide ddrescue 1.21 soon after its release.

Great! I worked out how to build a new version for myself (but not the test 1.21 
versions... how do I make a .sig file?)

The new features make a HUGE difference. I can still see some room for improvement, 
but not much.

It now correctly detects drives that require power cycle after hitting a bad spot (can set it 
to go back and re-read a good spot after hitting an error. If it can't read the good spot it 
will quit.)

And, within limits, you can now control how far it jumps when it finds a bad spot.

Thanks, Christian!

Pete


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