Discussion: stop sftp package uploads

[brian.inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca]

On 2025-07-27 13:18, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 05/07/2025 15:16, Andrew Schulman via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> On Wed, 2 Jul 2025 22:06:45 +0100, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>
>>> Having developers build executable packages locally and then upload them
>>> doesn't really meet contemporary standards.
>>>
>>> Given my druthers, I'd just disable sftp package uploads right now, and
>>> make you all use the janky "build service" I hacked together in a few
>>> spare weekends.
>>
>> Are there any Cygwin packages that aren't fully cygport-scriptable yet? For
>> example, are there any that rely on (free) software not yet available in
>> Cygwin for their builds? If so, then they'll need to keep being built locally
>> and manully uploaded.
> 
> So, to be clear, the answer is "yes" to the first part, and "no" to the second 
> part.
> 
> Instances of the first case that I'm aware of are:
> 
> * all(?) of Jari Aalto's packages use g-b-s for build and packaging.(This is 
> probably supportable with some sort of extension to declare the build-requires)
> 
> * mintty assembles the package archives itself and uploads those along with a 
> set of pre-written hint files. (I'm trying to work with Thomas to make this a 
> bit more like regular usage)
> 
> 
> I don't think there are any instances of the second case, and such a thing would 
> probably be unacceptable as a package.

A number of packages have some failing test cases which prevent deploy, or hang 
under CI requiring cancel: sometimes getting the tests to run is like playing 
whack-a-mole, and some upstreams don't even respond to patch submissions, 
although they are sometimes incorporated; others tell you not to hold your 
breath, as it could be months. ;^>

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

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mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retrancher  but when there is no more to cut
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