On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 10:21:18PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: >Charles Wilson wrote: >> Max Bowsher wrote: >>> Jari Aalto+mail.linux wrote: >>>>(a Debian) Python Project http://www.paganini.net/ask/ has bee ported. >>>>Please review. >>>> >>>>http://tierra.dyndns.org:81/cygwin/ask/ask-2.5.0-1-src.tar.bz2 >>>>http://tierra.dyndns.org:81/cygwin/ask/ask-2.5.0-1.tar.bz2 >>> >>>Before you ITP any more packages, you should address the fact that >>>cygbuild has been vetoed, and therefore, since all your packages use >>>it, they are blocked until this issue is solved. >> >>Not necessarily. But, you realize Max that neither >>generic-build-script nor mknetrel are available as "packages" either? >>So IMO it doesn't really matter that cygbuild isn't an official >>package, as long as it is available somewhere... > >I could have misinterpreted cgf's veto. I'm not entirely sure whether >he was vetoing the package, or the use of yet another build system.
I was vetoing the package for inclusion in cygwin. I was actually nodding my head when I read your objection to packages being submitted which use cygbuild, but Chuck is right. Since there is no official package in the distribution, it would be inconsistent to block a package because it uses a build system not in the distribution. So, IMO, there's no reason to block packages which use diverse build systems as long as the build system itself is available somewhere. cgf
