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Re: ask-2.5.0 - a new package for review


On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 05:06:37PM +0100, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> >On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 06:18:17PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >> >I was vetoing the package for inclusion in cygwin.  I was actually
> >> >nodding my head when I read your objection to packages being submitted
> >> >which use cygbuild, but Chuck is right.  Since there is no official
> >> >package in the distribution, it would be inconsistent to block a package
> >>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >>  "build package" system in the cygwin distribution.
> >>
> >> >because it uses a build system not in the distribution.
> >>
> >> cgf
> >
> >Can we get a decision (sorry if I've missed it) on whether or not Jari's
> >packages need to switch to the configure/make or generic-build-script?
>
> "Since there is no offical build package system in the cygwin distribution
> it would be inconsistent to block a package because it uses a build system
> not in the distribution."

Right, thanks.

Elfyn
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