[ANNOUNCEMENT] ncurses-6.3-1.20220416, dialog-1.3-4.20220117, tack-1.09-1.20210619 (TEST)

[ANNOUNCEMENT] ncurses-6.3-1.20220416, dialog-1.3-4.20220117, tack-1.09-1.20210619 (TEST)

[Jon Turney]

The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution:

* dialog-1.3-4.20220117
* ncurses-6.3-1.20220416
* tack-1.09-1.20210619

Note: I'm updating these orphaned packages only because they are long 
overdue an update. If anybody wants to take over maintainership, they 
are more than welcome. (ncurses in particular is an important package, 
with many packages depending on it).

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] ncurses-6.3-1.20220416, dialog-1.3-4.20220117, tack-1.09-1.20210619 (TEST)

[Jon Turney]

On 01/06/2022 16:23, rappard@dds.nl wrote:
> Hi Jon,
> 
> Saw your mail on the Cygwin mailing list:
> 
>> The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution:
>>
>> * dialog-1.3-4.20220117
>> * ncurses-6.3-1.20220416
>> * tack-1.09-1.20210619
>>
>> Note: I'm updating these orphaned packages only because they are long
>> overdue an update. If anybody wants to take over maintainership, they
>> are more than welcome. (ncurses in particular is an important package,
>> with many packages depending on it).
> 
> What exactly is involved in maintainership? Is there a dedicated
> (cygwin.com) page that gives a thorough outline?

I think https://cygwin.com/packaging-contributors-guide.html#submitting 
tries to answer that.

If that's insufficiently thorough for you, feel free to ask questions on 
the cygwin list.

Brian Inglis has adopted ncurses [1], but there are plenty of other 
packages which could do with some TLC [2]...

[1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-apps/2022-May/042036.html
[2] https://cygwin.com/packages/reports/unmaintained.html