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Re: Proposal: tetrix
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: "Andrew B. Clegg" <september2003 at nervechannel dot nildram dot co dot uk>
- Cc: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:09:24 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: Proposal: tetrix
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0309101638290.14526-100000@sark.cryst.bbk.ac.uk>
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Andrew B. Clegg wrote:
> I'd like to propose adding tetrix (ESR's seminal curses-based version of
> Tetris) to the games section, because I like to see Cygwin being utilised
> for serious, heavyweight open-source development projects ;-)
Darn! And here I was about to propose "angband"... :-D
> But seriously... I'd like to get the hang of creating and contributing
> packages before I get my teeth into something more substantial -- e.g.
> I've compiled cdrtools for Cygwin and would like to maintain it as a
> package, but I want some experience of packaging something trivial
> before starting on something that large and complex.
>
> Is this a really silly idea? Or can I go ahead and start packaging it up?
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew.
FWIW, I'd vote for it. We need to show Windows-bound people that Unix can
be fun, too.
Igor
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