note on command line installer

2004-03-26 Thread Ralf Habacker
Hi Robert, you may wondering about you haven't heard anything in the last months after I have offered some time working on the command line cygwin installer (for example http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-11/msg0.html) but there were some personal (at that time one of my sons

Re: setup.exe development stalled?

2004-03-26 Thread Brian Dessent
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If there is going to be an update of setup.exe, I'd like to add the following remark: I absolutely dislike setup.exe's habit of suggesting to create a desktop item everytime I install anything. I run an icon-free desktop, I don't want any new icons there, and I

Re: Postgresql and cygserver

2004-03-26 Thread Jason Tishler
Corinna, Sorry for the delay, but I was on vacation. On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 03:58:45PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: can we expect a new postgresql package soon, which uses the IPC functions from cygserver instead of cygipc? I'm also starting a new job on Monday, so my free time will be

A new method of storing package data base information, proposing packages, and announcing updates

2004-03-26 Thread Daniel Reed
This method was discussed briefly several months back, but I feel it may be time to discuss, finalize, and move forward. THIS WILL REQUIRE ALL PACKAGE MAINTAINERS TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR. It should be a small change: just the addition of a few lines to each setup.hint, but the new method will

Re: A new method of storing package data base information, proposing packages, and announcing updates

2004-03-26 Thread Joshua Daniel Franklin
On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 12:26:41AM -0500, Daniel Reed wrote: 4) Perform automated sanity checks against the bin package. 5) Push the new hint, bin, and src packages into the live repository. I think these two features, especially the sanity checks, make it worth the small changes. Of