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RE: sqlite / pysqlite ... RFC/ITP?


Lapo wrote on Tuesday:

> Jan Schormann wrote:
> > I'm not sure just *how* off-topic this is, let's see ...
> 
> AFAIK, ITP usually go to the cygwin-apps ML.

Sure.

> > - Is anyone else actually interested in this, or might I be
> >   better off to keep it to my own?
> 
> FWIW, I would definitely be interested in a sqlite3 (and sqlite2,
> still in wide use e.g. by PHP scripts) package.

To get a response from Reini, I asked him in personal email.
Let's see what this brings.
I would only package things that I use myself, I won't support
sqlite2. I might consider maintaining sqlite3 if Reini doesn't
want to.

> > - Reini, will the sqlite package ever be part of the standard
> >   cygwin mirrors, or would I have to maintain that, too?
> >   Is there any serious reason against uploading it?
> 
> If you ITP and produce an usable package it automatically gets
> uploaded on Cygwin mirrors and is installable using setup.exe, yes.

Well, I haven't really looked, but I have been watching cygwin-apps
for over a year now and can't remember seeing an ITP for sqlite.
That's why I'm pinging Reini - the existing package from
http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/publ/cygwin/ works fine for me.

> >   but also for each version of the cygwin dll itself.
> 
> I'm not aware of any big backward-compatibility issue with cygwin1.dll
> that would require multiple versions, but I guess this question
> should go mainly to Reini...? 

Not really, this is solely about python-sqlite. Probably it's just
a feature of python's omnipotent "setup.py" that's not needed here.

> > Note also that this would be my first ITP ever.
> 
> As Wikipedia people put it "Be bold!" ;-)

Thanks for the encouraging words!

I'm waiting for answers from Reini and Gerhard Haering (seems
to be driving python-sqlite). Then I'll present my package
for review. Upload can only be useful after someone ITP'd
sqlite. That someone might even be me, pending response from
Reini, but I'd rather get around that responsibilty ;o)

Regards and thanks to all,
	Jan.



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