The Cygwin Ports package repository was created in 2004 to provide packages faster than the Cygwin package review process would allow, with the goal of eventually moving them into the Cygwin distribution wherever possible.
I currently own over 2600 source packages in the Cygwin distribution itself (around 70% of the total). Due to time constraints, maintaining those packages has become the priority, with the packages in the external repository become more and more neglected over time. Most of the remaining packages could not added to the distribution in their current state, if at all. Therefore, the external Cygwin Ports repository previously hosted on cygwinports.org has been removed, with the focus of the project shifting solely on maintaining the Cygwin distribution. It is possible that some of the packages previously shipped here may reappear in the future, but if and when that occurs, it will be into the Cygwin distribution after having been updated and/or rebuilt. These mailing lists will be closed immediately, as the packages previously downloaded from the external repository are no longer supported. Users should use the normal Cygwin installation instructions to install the supported packages from the distribution, and the normal Cygwin mailing lists for issues with those packages. Thank you for your many years of support, and I look forward to continue to providing the best possible Cygwin experience from within the distribution. -- Yaakov ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Cygwin-ports-announce mailing list Cygwin-ports-announce@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cygwin-ports-announce
