From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.134]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8549A385802B for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 13:32:16 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 8549A385802B Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=towo.net Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=towo.net Received: from [192.168.178.72] ([91.65.247.112]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue009 [212.227.15.167]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1Mv2tE-1mjknG2eTg-00qyfh for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 15:32:14 +0200 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] cygwin 3.3.0-0.1.9814cfd8f693 (TEST) To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <64c9fbd9-a370-ec24-a538-c0eed5b93341@cornell.edu> <765b6a51-10eb-d801-cd66-6d457bf56748@towo.net> <595331aa-6f14-fb96-8a32-1234c2dabb5b@cornell.edu> <87k0jdf4ml.fsf@Otto.invalid> From: Thomas Wolff Message-ID: <79bb310f-17e9-2d43-6a7a-670795b6be70@towo.net> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 15:32:17 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:qMtaqiJgH+OSgmOtEXHFDCJbC/IdAA49JoP+8Bw/wmM6AFNkgal cBfXn0k8kWEeISfiP6M0tkT7pw5l79Vno5pB3EQwBJUG6eT+9CS56TnjIQIWwOuR4QlLLWB /4eShtiGhXzBQNlkFtz4jCkNA8vnj+P/54Zjig5Z6Pvs++zCbBT9MhE9s0cArUcsNdc3fIv UAFvir1MubOvMkG1tfZWA== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:1+AwYU98Kuo=:1Feau4o1qCKLu7PQYUKhri wDwkkjMStwzozejHHhIgfjgqh5kf3nHwoKDbCmGF9pgHom2Vq2N30EGa71BWuTQ+/unrlz0Gk zwFFb1ktnXhfExNLTzgIuscqfLQXmEGpE4D7g5DQO3N1IO5QNi17QJB4ecgaITFFyw7iJqPhs 7nhMS+3siY8NG+jFilpddS7OFROwh3B+Zclaqv4ehv+DHzsrI+Lqr6iPToNFJNhz5hrtVKlOZ rbamwVpbbSDJjS+eDr5F+9ysIZnxEOCLnM4bT/mjBPb+Lckvce4Urp1lXBaTnDNdr8+5btm6I Te0/pmWiNe8CodVI0f0HrUy3pPTfu5L3RH6vTq9DnPDsupID6OCcvGHbhYbI/AnpFWwtWscFf zO3aD5B47z4iIYrB9l+tOvxGJnMPAMC883WGuTm/TwzOA4OmvSSJN1jyD2i7y3r3foulYXa8x dbWDLBGm0MJWyq5bGSF0O4yOVktHitVrM/wOOPLMmmXxF3zS6cRK7fl1MwZ2o+EnpwQUYFq+l SdgNbwwRV8751218X39YU8EVal4FHmMRCIh3EgcnNrQRCeCC8MiKJUPV+mGolHGS3Pp18n6hP jq/zgr9Uhnklb/UZUq3f7FDW29jjDS610xROV+ra7Am3cpUfHTXK1fMdZ1TSLb7MY+OvZU6vS spAC4E6frPU3Jzna4adFxAOWdcCNMUEeAEiAbFzf//7HMxbH86Y4m6cZ021cURwBzBilokDZ5 phxGEuZgE2XCMOJRzKzEx5PTUN2g1Hln+rLCkg== X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, KAM_SHORT, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no 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: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 13:32:18 -0000 Am 19.09.2021 um 14:27 schrieb Ken Brown via Cygwin: > On 9/19/2021 2:42 AM, ASSI wrote: >>> I'm pretty sure the GNU coding standards have required >>> it since day 1.  Automake generates tons of makefile real estate just >>> for this. >> >> I don't see that requirement in the current document: >> >> https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html >> >> There is a requirement that the sources for such files are provided >> alongside the instruction on how to re-generate them. > > I'm not sure how much we should worry about the GNU standards for > release tarballs.  Those standards are written for GNU projects, which > are supposed to run on many different systems.  The cygwin package > runs only on Cygwin. > > On the other hand, maybe we could do a better job of documenting how > to rebuild a package from source via cygport. And via git clone, please, because that's the way developers start if they want to contribute to cygwin. I still claim it's a bad idea to hide that script in a subdirectory; it should at least reside in the top-level directory, so if someone sees a script "auto..." there, it will be an attempt to proceed with. > > Ken >