Re: [Mingw-w64-public] contributions
On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 4:24 PM LIU Hao wrote: > > 在 2021-09-06 19:26, Glenn Burkhardt 写道: > > > > Why won't anyone answer my question about how to submit patches or pull > > requests, instead of making > > spurious, erroneous comments on the merits of a submission? Wasn't the > > rigidity of Earnie //Boyd to > > accept contributions and suggestions for improvements the reason for the > > fork of MinGW-w64 from > > MinGW years ago? > > > > My presumption is that we haven't formally dropped Windows XP support, which > had no symlink support. > Only since Vista have symlinks be supported, their creation requires admin > priviledges, which is not > Linux users normally expect. Unless these distinctions are resolved, it would > be unlikely that we > accept symlink support. for me, needing administrator privileges is a no go. Also, suppose that symlinks are implemented, should we also add lstat() and other Unix functions that have a symlink as argument ? Vincent Torri ___ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
Re: [Mingw-w64-public] contributions
在 2021-09-06 19:26, Glenn Burkhardt 写道: Why won't anyone answer my question about how to submit patches or pull requests, instead of making spurious, erroneous comments on the merits of a submission? Wasn't the rigidity of Earnie //Boyd to accept contributions and suggestions for improvements the reason for the fork of MinGW-w64 from MinGW years ago? My presumption is that we haven't formally dropped Windows XP support, which had no symlink support. Only since Vista have symlinks be supported, their creation requires admin priviledges, which is not Linux users normally expect. Unless these distinctions are resolved, it would be unlikely that we accept symlink support. On the other hand, having `clock_nanosleep()` support `CLOCK_MONOTONIC` would be nice. Please submit a patch against winpthreads. Also please note the clock that it uses shall match `clock_gettime()`. -- Best regards, LIU Hao OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
Re: [Mingw-w64-public] contributions
On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 7:27 AM Glenn Burkhardt wrote: > Why won't anyone answer my question about how to submit patches or pull > requests, instead of making spurious, erroneous comments on the merits > of a submission? Wasn't the rigidity of Earnie //Boyd to accept > contributions and suggestions for improvements the reason for the fork > of MinGW-w64 from MinGW years ago? Yes, that's exactly the reason. You essentially followed the procedure indirectly, and so the responses you got sort of skipped a step. Generally, you post a patch to this ML, people review it and discuss it, and then you commit if you have access or others commit it for you. ___ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
Re: [Mingw-w64-public] contributions
On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 11:25 AM Zach Bacon wrote: > > I'm pretty sure mingw-w64 is going for more with windows compatibility than > POSIX compatibility, so having functions like that wouldn't be in line with > the project where as cygwin is the project that allows you to use full > POSIX implementation within windows in a specific environment, things like > posix symlinks etc. The scope of libmingwex is poorly defined. ___ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
