Sjors Gielen <[email protected]> writes: > Hey, > > Thanks for all your answers! > > Carsten Hey wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:14:24AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: >>> So maybe debian-win32 could just be awaken since the barring issue >>> seems gone? >> >> This is what I would try first. I hope you are successful with this. >> >> Carsten > > I was using Cygwin 1.5 when I started working on this. I indeed > noticed that in Cygwin CVS this has been fixed already. > > Carsten Hey wrote: >> debian-cygwin.sf.net is a Debian GNU/w32 port and I see no reason to >> remove the project page on Sourceforge. Although there are no >> releases, there has been some work done (see >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-win32/) >> and this site should IMHO at least reside for historical reasons. >> Maybe there is a chance to reanimate this project or at least reuse >> some of the work that has been done or concepts that have been >> developed. > > I started with the idea when I noticed this project. It had been dead > for a few years, and I liked the idea and looked into it. I had some > contact with the original admin. He added me to the project, created > an SVN repository on my request, but refused to make me an admin, > which is needed to i.e. modify the project web frontend. When I filed > a project takeover, the admin removed my SVN commit access. > Everything currently in SVN is mine (and that's not much, but I've got > a lot more waiting here, until I can commit it somewhere.) CVS only > contains the same old dpkg sources twice, and some binary builds. > > I'm still waiting for the admin to either accept or reject the project > takeover request. I don't have a lot of hope there, he seems to be > working against me. > > I also e-mailed the debian-ports admin, and he said the same as you: > there needs to be a base system before it can be hosted there. Base > system means gcc, g++, dpkg-dev, etc. > > For now, I will keep working on the project locally, until I can host > everything I have now at Sourceforge. Once I have a base system going, > I'll e-mail the debian-ports admin again.
Just out of curiousity, has anything happened since this was posted in 2009? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
