ITP: Guile 1.5.6
Robert Collins
robert.collins@syncretize.net
Thu Jul 4 19:04:00 GMT 2002
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
To: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@syncretize.net>
> I may be stealing Nicholas's thunder, but I believe he has already
> mentioned this onlist. Nicholas is currently embarked on the rpm
> "journey" -- he (and Gerritt) are providing and maintaining the berkeley
> db packages (currently 2.7.7, but eventually also 3.x.x and 4.x.x).
> Then, I imagine, he will be working on an *official*, *cygwin*, port of
> rpm. (Previous cygwin ports have NOT been part of the official
> setup-installable system).
>
> That's the first step.
...
> But I believe all of the above are included in Nicholas's long term
> goals -- so Robert, you've got at least one motivated volunteer who has
> already put his money where his mouth is, with the berk-db packages...
Which is great. It's still a significant task though.
Rob
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