Re: [ITP] w32api r5431 [Was: Re: [ITA] w32api-3.0b_svn5368-1]

[JonY <jon_y at users dot sourceforge dot net>]

On 10/16/2012 23:32, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Oct 16 18:05, JonY wrote:
>> On 10/14/2012 02:12, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 12:45:43PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 12:28:42AM +0800, JonY wrote:
>>>>> On 10/14/2012 00:08, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>>>>> Sounds really interesting.  I just tried it, but it fails to download
>>>>>> the w32api-libs and w32api-includes packages:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> generating package name -> package directory mapping...
>>>>>> Done
>>>>>> couldn't find a package dir for http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Cygwin%20Snapshots/dist/w32api-libs/w32api-libs-3.0b_svn5431-1.tar.bz2
>>>>>> couldn't find a package dir for http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Cygwin%20Snapshots/dist/w32api-includes/w32api-includes-3.0b_svn5431-1.tar.bz2
>>>>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Cygwin%20Snapshots/dist/meta/w32api-100.0-1.tar.bz2 -> /sourceware/snapshot-tmp/cygwin/release/w32api/w32api-100.0-1.tar.bz2
>>>>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Cygwin%20Snapshots/dist/meta/w32api-100.0-1-src.tar.bz2 -> /sourceware/snapshot-tmp/cygwin/release/w32api/w32api-100.0-1-src.tar.bz2
>>>>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Cygwin%20Snapshots/dist/meta/setup.hint -> /sourceware/snapshot-tmp/cygwin/release/w32api/setup.hint
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Corinna
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It doesn't handle new packages?
>>>>
>>>> Nope.  Only old packages.  Should have made that clear.
>>>>
>>>> However, if you make the appropriate subdirectories in cygwin's release
>>>                 ^
>>>                first
>>>> area it will then work.
>>>
>>
>> Ping.
> 
> Are you waiting for more feedback or shall we upload?  Are you mentally
> and ethically prepared to take the loads of complaints on the Cygwin ML?
> 

It's good to go if the Cygwin maintainers are OK with split out packages
and a meta package.

As for complaints, well, we'll see how it goes.

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