RE: [RFC] Would there be a need for a java-wrappers package?

2004-02-22 Thread John Morrison
From: Igor Pechtchanski I would like to hear opinions on how useful a java-wrappers package would be. The package will contain a few shell scripts that allow users to invoke the regular Java SDK tools (java, javac, javadoc) from Cygwin, making them look like their Unix counterparts (i.e.,

Re: i'd like to submit dictd into cygwin

2004-02-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 10:27:17AM +0100, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: So, yeah .. can someone please submit this package into cygwin =) .. i was surprised that dictd wasn't included yet - it's extremely useful I vote pro this package anyway. Would like to review it further. Where is a download?

Possible legal problem with ccrypt? [Was: Re: Pending Packages List, 2004-02-13]

2004-02-22 Thread Andreas Seidl
Lapo wrote: Daniel Reed wrote: | Package: ccrypt 1.6-2 [2004-01-20] | Description: A utility for encrypting and decrypting files and streams |Proposer: Andreas Seidl |Proposal: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2004-01/msg00112.html |Release directory (for use with setup.exe):

Re: i'd like to submit dictd into cygwin

2004-02-22 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo Christopher, Am Sonntag, 22. Februar 2004 um 18:31 schriebst du: On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 10:27:17AM +0100, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: So, yeah .. can someone please submit this package into cygwin =) .. i was surprised that dictd wasn't included yet - it's extremely useful I vote pro this

Re: a script to remove empty directories

2004-02-22 Thread Andreas Seidl
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Here's a variant of the above that works with spaces in filenames (but doesn't delete directories that contain only empty directories): find $ROOT -depth -type d -empty -print0 |xargs -0 rmdir -f However, does anyone care to submit a patch to the generic-build-script?

Re: Possible legal problem with ccrypt? [Was: Re: Pending Packages List, 2004-02-13]

2004-02-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 07:39:49PM +0100, Andreas Seidl wrote: However, a new problem might have popped up. Reading this thread http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-02/msg01103.html I wonder if there are legal problems for RedHat to distribute the ccrypt package? You're right. There are.

RE: Pending patches for generic build script

2004-02-22 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Rafael Kitover wrote: -Original Message- From: Igor Pechtchanski Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 7:23 AM Subject: Re: Pending patches for generic build script On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Charles Wilson wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: false || true As a

Re: a script to remove empty directories

2004-02-22 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Andreas Seidl wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Here's a variant of the above that works with spaces in filenames (but doesn't delete directories that contain only empty directories): find $ROOT -depth -type d -empty -print0 |xargs -0 rmdir -f However, does anyone

Re: libungif (Was: Re: Maintainers/Packages List, 2003-11-01)

2004-02-22 Thread Nicholas Wourms
lapo wrote: Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote: The author returned from a coma and it got a new home - http://libungif.sourceforge.net/ . 4.1.1 was released some days ago. Thanks, i'll have time to take a look at it (and package it) probably in the beginning of next week ^_^ Speaking of which, I'm

Re: libungif (Was: Re: Maintainers/Packages List, 2003-11-01)

2004-02-22 Thread Joshua Daniel Franklin
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 03:55:51PM -0500, Nicholas Wourms wrote: lapo wrote: Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote: The author returned from a coma and it got a new home - http://libungif.sourceforge.net/ . 4.1.1 was released some days ago. Thanks, i'll have time to take a look at it

Re: Possible legal problem with ccrypt? [Was: Re: Pending Packages List, 2004-02-13]

2004-02-22 Thread Nicholas Wourms
cgf wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 07:39:49PM +0100, Andreas Seidl wrote: However, a new problem might have popped up. Reading this thread http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-02/msg01103.html I wonder if there are legal problems for RedHat to distribute the ccrypt package? Andreas, Next

Re: [RFC] Would there be a need for a java-wrappers package?

2004-02-22 Thread Nicholas Wourms
pechtcha wrote: Hi, all, I would like to hear opinions on how useful a java-wrappers package would be. The package will contain a few shell scripts that allow users to invoke the regular Java SDK tools (java, javac, javadoc) from Cygwin, making them look like their Unix counterparts (i.e.,

Re: Possible legal problem with ccrypt? [Was: Re: Pending Packages List, 2004-02-13]

2004-02-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 04:27:06PM -0500, Nicholas Wourms wrote: cgf wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 07:39:49PM +0100, Andreas Seidl wrote: However, a new problem might have popped up. Reading this thread http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-02/msg01103.html I wonder if there are legal problems

Re: [RFC] Would there be a need for a java-wrappers package?

2004-02-22 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Nicholas Wourms wrote: pechtcha wrote: Hi, all, I would like to hear opinions on how useful a java-wrappers package would be. The package will contain a few shell scripts that allow users to invoke the regular Java SDK tools (java, javac, javadoc) from Cygwin,

Re: [RFC] Would there be a need for a java-wrappers package?

2004-02-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 05:03:16PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: FWIW, since these scripts are going to be Cygwin-specific, perhaps CGF might even consider hosting a CVS repository for them on cygwin-apps, so that others can send in patches against the development version... Feel free to check

Re: Possible legal problem with ccrypt? [Was: Re: Pending Packages List, 2004-02-13]

2004-02-22 Thread Nicholas Wourms
cgf wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 04:27:06PM -0500, Nicholas Wourms wrote: cgf wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 07:39:49PM +0100, Andreas Seidl wrote: However, a new problem might have popped up. Reading this thread http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-02/msg01103.html I wonder if there are

Re: Possible legal problem with ccrypt? [Was: Re: Pending Packages List, 2004-02-13]

2004-02-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 05:53:47PM -0500, Nicholas Wourms wrote: cgf wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 04:27:06PM -0500, Nicholas Wourms wrote: cgf wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 07:39:49PM +0100, Andreas Seidl wrote: However, a new problem might have popped up. Reading this thread

Re: [RFC] Would there be a need for a java-wrappers package?

2004-02-22 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 05:03:16PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: FWIW, since these scripts are going to be Cygwin-specific, perhaps CGF might even consider hosting a CVS repository for them on cygwin-apps, so that others can send in patches

Re: Possible legal problems...

2004-02-22 Thread Joshua Daniel Franklin
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 06:38:11PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 05:53:47PM -0500, Nicholas Wourms wrote: By his standard, RedHat has been breaking the law for years now, which leads me to conclude that either: A)The authorities don't care. B)Red Hat doesn't care.

setup.exe support for obsolete packages

2004-02-22 Thread Harold L Hunt II
Let me preface this by saying that I am not going to make a crass decision that creates a mess in the package list. Due to the reality of what Cygwin/X is as well as to recent events in the X community, I wish to rename the packages for Cygwin/X upon the next major release. Here is a brief

gnupg gone? [Was Re: Possible legal problem with ccrypt?]

2004-02-22 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 05:53:47PM -0500, Nicholas Wourms wrote: cgf wrote: I'm sure you wouldn't enjoy it if Red Hat was taken to task for something that could have been caught early, decided that cygwin wasn't worth the hassle, and pulled it

Re: Possible legal problems...

2004-02-22 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 06:38:11PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 05:53:47PM -0500, Nicholas Wourms wrote: By his standard, RedHat has been breaking the law for years now, which leads me to conclude that either:

XFree86-base no longer depends on XFree86-lib-compat

2004-02-22 Thread Harold L Hunt II
XFree86-lib-compat (provides old 4.2.0 libraries for compatibility with applications that have not been recompiled in almost a year) has been removed as a dependency of XFree86-base. This means that XFree86-lib-compat will no longer be installed in a default Cygwin/X installation. If you

Re: Possible legal problem with ccrypt? [Was: Re: Pending Packages List, 2004-02-13]

2004-02-22 Thread Volker Quetschke
No, I wouldn't, but I didn't intend on that being the only statement. Consider this: The gpg which we distribute contains the *exact* same cipher, AES{128,192,256}, as ccrypt plus gpg also has twofish blowfish. The last time I checked, those two were also considered strong encryption