Re: cygwin-xfree

[Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>]

On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 07:44:27PM -0700, Jason Molenda wrote:
>> 2) I assume that if you all think that 1) is no problem then this directory
>>    should be winsup/xfree.  
>
>It almost seems like something you'd want to put in a separate
>repository.  I mean, it's _really_ Xfree86 with a few patches on
>top (OK, a lot of patches).  How would you handle e.g. make or perl
>(I'm trying to guess at programs that might have cygwin patches to
>them) if someone wanted to do the same?

Dunno.  I've been thinking that the winsup directory should be its
own little mini-build tree.  I didn't want to pollute the rest of
sourceware with stuff that was only intended for cygwin.

>> The winsup directory is not being mirrored by any of the CVS mirrors, right?
>
>If anyone is rsync'ing the entire src repository, they'll pick it
>up, but it's not the end of the world for them to end up with
>another ~150MB.  I would think about it more like "Where do I want
>third party programs that we maintain patches to be checked in?"
>
>Maybe a new repository, "cygwin-mods" or something, would be the cleanest
>approach.  But cygwin-mods is a terrible name.

Maybe cygwin-apps?

>If he ever does get ready to start importing Xfree86, please make sure
>he reads the CVS manual on tracking third party sources,
>	http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs/doc/cvs_13.html#SEC98
>
>or provide exact command lines for him.  It'd probably make sense
>to import the most recent release of xfree86, then the development
>version on which he's based his changes, and then check in his
>changes on top of that.

Yup.  I supplied the exact command lines for him.  And emphasized
repeatedly that he follow them exactly.  And he screwed them up...

>That way if he dies in a tragic pingpong ball manufacturing plant accident,
>people will be able to disentangle what he was up to.  It's really
>easy to import sources incorrectly, and annoying to recover from that
>at a later date.

I've repeatedly stressed this to him.  He spent all last night checking
everything in but somehow it never showed up on sourceware, or, at least
I can't find it.  He says that he understands why this happened.

>>I'm have mixed feelings about this.  If we can't provide this, the
>>developer will go to Source Forge.
>
>I don't have a strong opinion either, I did want to interject some
>facts about the system and stuff, tho.

Thanks, Jason.

cgf