Robb, Sam wrote: > Hello, > > I am interested in packaging and maintaining e2fsprogs for > Cygwin. Version 1.35 pretty much builds OOTB. My primary > interest in e2fsprogs is not the utilities themselves, but > the ext2 libraries that are built as part of the package. > > These ext2 libraries are a pre-requisite for another package > that I would like to contribute, e2fsimage. With the ext2 libs > from e2fsprogs-1.35 built and installed, e2fsimage also pretty > much builds OOTB, and is able to create a basic ext2 filesystem > image based off of a Cygwin directory. > > I've placed both these packages in the "Devel" category, > because they are primarily intended for use by folks using > Cygwin as a host platform for cross-development. > > If folks would prefer it, I could see about packaging and > installing e2fsprgs as two seperate components - e2fslibs, and > e2fsprogs, for example. e2fslibs could be packaged now, > e2fsprogs in the future (when I actually have a chance to test > against a "real" ext2 partition on a Windows box).
+1, and no need to split the package, IMO. Max.