Robert Collins wrote: >Now this is probably going to start a huge email wave. So I'll start by > Nothing could have woke me up more than this announcement.
>making some key points: > >1) Setup does not support dpkg or rpm yet, so this package is -not- >meant to interoperate with setup.exe. >(*) > Hmm... > >2) I'm not trying to 'race' Nicholas's rpm efforts. I don't think we >should -ever- place cygwin maintainers in a position where they must >have either dpkg or rpm on their home system in order to create >packages. That's why I want setup to support *both* .rpm and .deb file >formats. Conversely, I think maintainers should be able to have either >or both dpkg and rpm available as tools to use when building packages. > I disagree about the latter comments, but time is too short. Let's just say that my stand is that we should eventually deprecate the tar.gz method as it is inherently flawed. I agree that setup should support debs, but we should have a single, unified format for the cygwin-distribution itself. Since it is a RedHat product, it only makes sense that this format should be rpm. However, supporting debs for auxillary installations is perfectly fine. > >3) In case there is any doubt: I am not trying to make the cygwin net >distribution over in debian's image. If I wanted to do that, I would be >contributing my time to the debian-w32 port effort. I'm simply trying to >get my favourite packaging tool available for my use, and share it with >others if they want it. > I should hope not, what with their glacier-like release schedule... > >Having said that, a few notes on the package: > [SNIP] > >Feedback welcomed > I'm certain you know where I stand... Cheers, Nicholas
