RE: Now that the new setup is here...

2002-04-10 Thread Robert Collins
sitecopy is worth a look as a mirroring tool.. Rob

RE: xfree packages

2002-04-10 Thread Robert Collins
Setup is case insensitive to package names. I don't see any technical issue either way. Rob

Re: xfree packages

2002-04-10 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Setup is case insensitive to package names. I don't see any technical issue either way. Me neither, I only see a social issue: it's just plain irritating for people? tar xjf releases/mysTABTAB beep ^U tar xjf releases/MyTABTAB beep ^U etc,

MIME format

2002-04-10 Thread Angelo Bertolli
Forgive me for posting this question, but I can't find the answer... Is there a way to get the emails for the mailing list in just plain TEXT format (digest) instead of this MIME format? Angelo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professional: http://rsf.htmlplanet.com/ Personal:

Re: [ANN] updated: apache-1.3.24-1

2002-04-10 Thread Stipe Tolj
Corinna, what about the announcement I posted to cygwin-announce@ ? It hasn't yet passed to the main lists, or have I missed it? Maybe you are peaking at me to take as long as I did for the package submission?! : Stipe [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ANN] updated: apache-1.3.24-1

2002-04-10 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 01:07:45PM +0200, Stipe Tolj wrote: Corinna, what about the announcement I posted to cygwin-announce@ ? It hasn't yet passed to the main lists, or have I missed it? Maybe you are peaking at me to take as long as I did for the package submission?! : Nope, I've

RE: xfree packages

2002-04-10 Thread Harold Hunt
Yes, we try to keep things regularized around here, so XFree86 is the way that the package names need to be spelled. Also, I request that you keep the XFree86-xserv package, as that will allow us to realize the immediate benefit of being able to release the Test-** server or updates to the

Re: xfree packages

2002-04-10 Thread Earnie Boyd
Let's be real picky: XFree86-xserv-major.minor-portrelease.tar.bz2 is what is required for the binary release. XFree86-xserv-major.minor-portrelease-src.tar.bz2 is what is required for the source release. I've used xserv only as an example scenario and I'm not picking on it specifically.

Re: [ANN] updated: apache-1.3.24-1

2002-04-10 Thread Charles Wilson
Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 01:07:45PM +0200, Stipe Tolj wrote: Corinna, what about the announcement I posted to cygwin-announce ? It hasn't yet passed to the main lists, or have I missed it? Maybe you are peaking at me to take as long as I did for the package

Re: Now that the new setup is here...

2002-04-10 Thread Charles Wilson
Robert Collins wrote: sitecopy is worth a look as a mirroring tool.. Sitecopy is intended for keeping a remote site in sync with the local master version (e.g. uploading your personal website to a server on which you have ftp access). It's isn't great for keeping a local mirror of a

Re: [ANN] updated: apache-1.3.24-1

2002-04-10 Thread Stipe Tolj
Ok, should I CC to cygwin@ by hand now?! Stipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Wapme Systems AG Münsterstr. 248 40470 Düsseldorf Tel: +49-211-74845-0 Fax: +49-211-74845-299 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://www.wapme-systems.de

Re: [ANN] updated: apache-1.3.24-1

2002-04-10 Thread Charles Wilson
Stipe Tolj wrote: Ok, should I CC to cygwin by hand now?! No need to panic?! For the short term, yes. Once Chris fixes the gateway (or gets cygwin-announce out of spamassisin's black hole), then you can stop. For my part, I will wait a reasonable amount of time (15 mins?) after each of

Re: [ANN] updated: apache-1.3.24-1

2002-04-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 01:17:33PM -0400, Charles Wilson wrote: Stipe Tolj wrote: Ok, should I CC to cygwin by hand now?! No need to panic?! For the short term, yes. Once Chris fixes the gateway (or gets cygwin-announce out of spamassisin's black hole), then you can stop. A practical

w32api update?

2002-04-10 Thread Charles Wilson
So I just updated my local mirror and discovered that somebody unpacked the entire w32api package onto sourceware: cygwin/latest/w32api/hold/w32api-1.3-2/* What's that all about? Shouldn't that stuff be kept out of the mirrored anonftp area? --Chuck

Re: w32api update?

2002-04-10 Thread Earnie Boyd
Charles Wilson wrote: So I just updated my local mirror and discovered that somebody unpacked the entire w32api package onto sourceware: cygwin/latest/w32api/hold/w32api-1.3-2/* What's that all about? Shouldn't that stuff be kept out of the mirrored anonftp area? FWIW, I didn't

Re: w32api update?

2002-04-10 Thread Earnie Boyd
Earnie Boyd wrote: Charles Wilson wrote: So I just updated my local mirror and discovered that somebody unpacked the entire w32api package onto sourceware: cygwin/latest/w32api/hold/w32api-1.3-2/* What's that all about? Shouldn't that stuff be kept out of the mirrored anonftp

Re: w32api update?

2002-04-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 03:08:09PM -0400, Earnie Boyd wrote: FWIW, I didn't create this. I'll check the area. So who redid my packages and what was wrong with the originals? http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-04/msg00526.html cgf

Re: w32api update?

2002-04-10 Thread Earnie Boyd
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 03:08:09PM -0400, Earnie Boyd wrote: FWIW, I didn't create this. I'll check the area. So who redid my packages and what was wrong with the originals? http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-04/msg00526.html Thanks, Earnie.

Re: w32api update?

2002-04-10 Thread Charles Wilson
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 03:05:04PM -0400, Earnie Boyd wrote: Charles Wilson wrote: So I just updated my local mirror and discovered that somebody unpacked the entire w32api package onto sourceware: cygwin/latest/w32api/hold/w32api-1.3-2/* What's that all about?

[teilo@cdt.luth.se: Re: [bug?] binary mount point option in setup]

2002-04-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
It isn't a proper patch, but maybe this should be incorporated into setup, if it isn't already. It seems like a valid problem. cgf - Forwarded message from James Nord [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: James Nord [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [EMAIL

Re: xfree packages

2002-04-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 05:27:14PM -0400, Charles Wilson wrote: Ian, Chris wants the setup hint files IN the mailing list archive permanently. Not sitting on an external, subject-to-change website. Right. This is part of the process for getting a package into the cygwin package distribution.

Re: xfree packages

2002-04-10 Thread Ian Burrell
Harold Hunt wrote: Yes, we try to keep things regularized around here, so XFree86 is the way that the package names need to be spelled. Also, I request that you keep the XFree86-xserv package, as that will allow us to realize the immediate benefit of being able to release the Test-**

RE: cygwin-doc

2002-04-10 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
The first thing I thought of is that if I added texinfo later, cygwin-man would be a bad name to have, Are you kidding? Cygwin-Man is the COOLEST! Remember that one time when he flew around the world so fast that he made time run backwards? That was AWESOME! And how he can outrun a train?

Re: xfree packages

2002-04-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 09:47:31AM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Setup is case insensitive to package names. I don't see any technical issue either way. Me neither, I only see a social issue: it's just plain irritating for people? tar xjf

Re: xfree packages

2002-04-10 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 08:29 PM 4/10/2002, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 09:47:31AM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Setup is case insensitive to package names. I don't see any technical issue either way. Me neither, I only see a social issue: