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Re: Question on submitting a package to cygwin
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- To: "Peter A. Castro" <doctor at fruitbat dot org>
- Cc: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 18:01:59 -0400
- Subject: Re: Question on submitting a package to cygwin
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0205151446390.7202-100000@gremlin.fruitbat.org>
- Reply-to: Earnie Boyd <Cygwin-Apps at Cygwin dot Com>
Uhm, Utils comes to mind.
Earnie.
"Peter A. Castro" wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> I have a question on package classifications. I've read through the
> Cygwin Package Contributors Guide and found the list of approved categories:
>
> Admin Archive Base Database Devel
> Doc Editors Games Graphics Interpreters
> Libs Mail Math Net Shells
> System Text Utils Web
>
> I'd like to submit couple of packages that I've built under Cygwin, but
> I'm at a loss as to a proper category. The package is a 3270 emulator
> (Paul Mattes's x3270 program) which contains a 3270 emulator for X as
> well as a curses-based version (and a few other variants). It's
> basically a Telnet app which handles 3270 protocol. So, what category
> would this fit in? Really, none of the above categories are a proper
> match. Would it be possible to lobby for a new category? Say
> "Applications"? or "Emulators"? If someone can suggest one of the
> existing categories that would be fitting, I'd appreciate it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Peter A. Castro <doctor@fruitbat.org> or <Peter.Castro@oracle.com>
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