On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 08:29:51PM +0100, Christian Franke wrote: >Erwin Waterlander wrote: >> On 03/16/2011 04:49 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> >>> This is, again, something that you can't assume. We don't know how >>> people use these tools. So, if we do decide to make the switch, you >>> will have to be dedicated to being active in responding to problem >>> reports on the mailing list. And, if people here think it's a good idea >>> to move this along, we'll need to get some feedback from the larger >>> community. >> >> I'm fine with that. I made this package, because a cygwin user asked >> me. For me it's a small effort to maintain a cygwin package for this. >> I am committed to solve problems. If the cygwin community doesn't want >> to switch, that's fine too. > >An alternative would be to modify cygutils+dos2unix packages such that >the user can select the flavor of dos2unix/unix2dos commands with >/usr/sbin/alternatives. If cygutils is the default if installed this >should not break anything.
Hey, good idea, assuming that Chuck is amenable. I'd be happy to just let the package in given that proviso if so. cgf
