From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29721 invoked by alias); 1 Aug 2014 22:54:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact overseers-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: overseers-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 29703 invoked by uid 89); 1 Aug 2014 22:54:57 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 01 Aug 2014 22:54:56 +0000 Received: from int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.27]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s71MstPN008749 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2014 18:54:55 -0400 Received: from fche.csb (vpn-61-251.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.61.251]) by int-mx14.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s71Mssv0005752 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2014 18:54:54 -0400 Received: by fche.csb (Postfix, from userid 2569) id 214F2582E4; Fri, 1 Aug 2014 18:54:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 22:54:00 -0000 From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" To: overseers@sourceware.org Subject: Re: sourceware and git Message-ID: <20140801225453.GC13858@redhat.com> References: <1942527352.18336706.1406653023761.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com> <20140730011311.GB4665@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20140730184538.GA1043@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20140730213320.GA4760@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <1406763685.8964.38.camel@YAAKOV04> <20140731022208.GB4760@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20140801110518.GA26773@calimero.vinschen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140801110518.GA26773@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-SW-Source: 2014-q3/txt/msg00065.txt.bz2 Hi - On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 01:05:18PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > [...] I was just trying to make sure that the git repo for Cygwin > contains all of Cygwin, and that includes newlib. It's not just an > external library, it's an inherent part of Cygwin. Well, not in the usual sense of "part of". > You can't build Cygwin without newlib That sounds like any normal dependency. > and you can't build a standalone newlib for Cygwin without the > Cygwin sources. That sounds like a possible packaging/bootstrapping detail, not an "is-part-of" relationship. (Consider glibc vs. linux-kernel, or gcc vs. glibc, etc.) Rather than focus on the building dependency aspects though, consider focusing on actual project operation / community. Are newlib/libgloss is maintained/released by a different group of people on a different schedule than cygwin? - FChE