Linux distro qualification clarification

Dr. Volker Zell Dr.Volker.Zell@oracle.com
Fri Nov 4 10:53:00 GMT 2005


>>>>> Christopher Faylor writes:

    > Btw, as long as we're talking about this, I think we need to clarify the
    > rules a little.  I don't think that existence of a package in an
    > experimental category in Debian or any other distribution should make it
    > an automatic candidate for inclusion in Cygwin.

    > I might even go so far as to say that Debian unstable doesn't qualify
    > but I could be dissuaded from that view.

    > This doesn't pertain to this thread that I've hijacked but I keep
    > meaning to make this point.  Seeing the URLs above reminded me to
    > do so.

I understand your objections. But gnubg (backgammon) actually works
quite well although it's still marked as alpha. I'm playing it almost
every day. And after all it's just a game. I remember Corinna wanted at
one time some more games in the distro.

    > cgf

Ciao
  Volker



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