[jorg.schaible@db.com: Setup and zlib, libpng]

[Earnie Boyd]

--- DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com> wrote:
> 
> My original intent was to avoid this problem: Port version X.  Version
> Y released; version X deleted.  Time to port version Y.  What did you
> change?  With no base sources to diff against, you're out of luck.
> 
> So, I had hoped we could somehow keep enough information in the
> distribution to be able to know, quickly, what was involved in the
> port.
> 
> The diff would always be against the original sources, i.e.  they're
> what we needed to add to do the port.
> 

Uhm, CVS comes to mind as an aide in doing this.  Then the ones that care about
the original could use CVS to get it.  Personally, if I as a user download the
source file from the cygwin sight or mirror I would like it to configure and
make without applying a patch.

Regards,

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   Earnie Boyd: < mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com >
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