Le Mercredi 8 Mai 2002 15:26, Hongli Lai a écrit : > Why don't you just use the binaries? Win32 binaries run on every Windows > system, > so there's not much point in compiling them yourself.
I wouldn't like to use the Cygwin installer because it might conflict with W32/Debian packages. Let me explain again what I would like to contribute : 1) Package management - Port Debian dpkg to native Windows and compile it using mingw. This task has nearly been accomplished on http://debian-cygwin.sourceforge.net/bootstrap/. dpkg is a very powerfull package system comparable to RPM on Linux. I don't know if it is possible to compile dpkg natively under Windows using mingw. - Create W32/Debian packages providing mingw core packages. - Compile Cygwin.dll using mingw. This will enable the creation of a first W32/Debian Cygwin.dll package. This should be possible using MSYS-1.0.7 and MinGW-1.1. This will allow to create W32/Debian packages and tell wether they depend on Cygwin or not. For example, we may offer Perl with depency to Cygwin and another one with no depency (mingw). - Create W32/Debian packages providing Cygwin core packages. - Create a bunch of packages (Xfree / qt2 / KDE2 / Gnome). Porting has already been accomplised on Cygwin. Even KDE3 is on the way. - Create packages for Windows only software like Dev-C++. Nearly all GNU Windows native programs should be included. 2) GUI installer W32/Debian installation should be performed within a single GUI. The installation program will give access to all W32/Debian packages at once. Packages will be available on Debian mirrors. As Cygwin and mingw can co-exist, I think this project could well be achieved. Any candidate? Help welcome. Cheers, Jean-Michel POURE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
