[ITCM] bison dash grep gzip m4 readline sed

[Brian Inglis]

On 2021-08-12 00:54, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 12.08.2021 06:33, Brian Inglis wrote:
>> On 2021-08-11 14:21, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>> On 10.08.2021 07:47, Brian Inglis wrote:
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> Once again been looking over commonly used outdated packages I use 
>>>> frequently which need upgraded and picked another few of Eric 
>>>> Blake's I would like to request to co-maintain and upgrade as they 
>>>> are a few years old.
>>>>
>>>> Attn: Eric Blake - advice, comments, concurrence or objections to my 
>>>> co-maintaining the packages for bison dash grep gzip m4 readline sed?
>>>
>>> added Eric in CC

>> BCC?

>>> I assume the previous answer from Eric is also valid here
>>> so I added Brian as co-maintainer

>> Thanks Marco

>> I will push each package's updated .cygport to init each package's 
>> git-cygwin-package repo, on the playground branch, so builds can be 
>> reviewed, and any feedback or suggestions given, as these packages' 
>> functioning are fairly core and some are Base packages required in all 
>> Cygwin installations.

> You can always deploy them as test to receive more feedback from user

I am currently thinking developer oriented packages bison m4 sed could 
be released as updates and pervasive higher impact packages dash grep 
gzip readline as test initially.
Opinions please?

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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