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Re: ITP: Guile 1.5.6


----- 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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