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Re: Cygwin - Versioned Distro's (was Re: A request?)
on Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 04:30:47AM +0100, Elfyn McBratney (elfyn-cygwin at exposure dot org dot uk) wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 09:43:21AM -0400, Fletcher, Bob (GEAE, IT) wrote:
> If this is accepted by the powers that be and the RCM's then all we
> need to do is come up with a good solid plan of how it will all work.
> I need a few weeks to clear the backlog and release a few packages,
> but after that I'd like to start getting this together (if there's no
> objections).
>
> What we'd need:
>
> - A CVS repository
> - Part of the web site dedicated to the distribution
> - A Mailing list
> - Volunteers to handle bug reports, release updates &c
>
> I've put myself up, and Brian Ford raised interest.Anyone else?
There was discussion some time back of basing a Debian port on Cygwin.
This never got much of anywhere, but conceptually seems to be the right
idea.
As any Debianista can tell you, it's not packaging tools, but policy,
which are the special sauce. Connectiva's also treading this ground,
though using RPM rather than apt as their packaging system.
Peace.
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