ask-2.5.0 - a new package for review

Elfyn McBratney elfyn@cygwin.com
Mon Jun 30 16:06:00 GMT 2003


On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 06:18:17PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >I was vetoing the package for inclusion in cygwin.  I was actually
> >nodding my head when I read your objection to packages being submitted
> >which use cygbuild, but Chuck is right.  Since there is no official
> >package in the distribution, it would be inconsistent to block a package
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>  "build package" system in the cygwin distribution.
>
> >because it uses a build system not in the distribution.
>
> cgf

Can we get a decision (sorry if I've missed it) on whether or not Jari's
packages need to switch to the configure/make or generic-build-script?

Just want to know before I make up that huge list of packages. :)

Elfyn
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