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Re: Fixing packages which rely on obsolete packages


On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 02:37:58AM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
>On 2013-06-22 15:49, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>I'm refreshing the procedure for updating setup.ini on sourceware
>
>As part of this, I would like to suggest again that a noarch directory
>be added alongside x86 and x86_64, and its files be included in each
>arch's setup.ini.  There are a LOT of noarch packages in the distro,
>and it would save both disk space on sourceware and the mirrors, as
>well as bandwidth for all (including users), with a noarch directory.
>Of course, I am willing to help identify candidates for noarch, as well
>as consider changes to cygport to simplify this.

Sorry, I've already mentioned that I don't think that a separarte noarch
directory is a good idea.  My opinion has not changed.

cgf


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