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Re: Pending Packages List, 2003-10-31
- From: YSelkowitz at netscape dot net (Yaakov Selkowitz)
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 23:49:57 -0500
- Subject: Re: Pending Packages List, 2003-10-31
Daniel Reed wrote:
>
> Package: d 1.2.0-1
> Description: The Directory Lister
> Proposer: Yaakov Selkowitz
> Problems: [not a showstopper] there's no need for a postinstall script
> here. Just add _update-info-dir to your requires: line in the setup.hint
> instead. (cygwin-apps-thread.11856)
> Have we already talked about why this package is better than
> 'ls'? If it is just another directory lister with different options then
> I don't see a need for it. Also, if it isn't part of any other linux or
> unix distribution then it doesn't really fit into the core goal for cygwin. (cygwin-apps-thread.11858)
> Status: Attained required 3 votes. Package available. Reviewed.
> HOLD-UPS: Unresolved minor problems.
I responded to these issues previously:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-10/msg00414.html
and Robert Collins' acknowledgement on one of my responses:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-10/msg00417.html
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