Achim Gratz writes: > In preparation of the release, please follow the instructions below to > upload the packages (re-)created with the new Perl version to the Cygwin > server. Please be reminded that the new packages should not be "test" > versions so that setup.exe will offer them automatically when they are > distributed to the mirrors. > > 1. Please do not place the !ready cookie file! When uploading via > cygport that means using the command "upload-stage" rather than > "upload". This will ensure that all packages of the update get release > at the same time and that existing installations can be switched over to > the new Perl in a single update transaction. > > 2. Instead, please put a zero-size !perl cookie file (preferrably at the > package level). You can either create that file manually (lftp: put > /dev/null -o pkgname/!perl) or touch that file into > pkgname/dist/pkgname/ before commanding cygport to do "upload-stage". > > 3. Please respond to this mail when you've done the above so that we can > keep track of what is staged in the upload area. > > If any of the above is unclear or you want assistance of any sort, > please ask.
I have all of my own / co-maintained packages staged now. The update will wait for: subversion-perl Going through the list of packages collected during the 5.26 update we seem to be missing feedback from the respective maintainers for: net-smtp texinfo weechat znc git-svn git grepmail nginx-mod_http_perl po4a pristine-tar sendxmpp Yaakov's packages will be updated later unless someone speaks up that one of them is indispensable: perl-Alien-wxWidgets perl-Cairo perl-Cairo-GObject perl-GD perl-Glib perl-Glib-Object-Introspection perl-Gnome2 perl-Gnome2-Canvas perl-Gnome2-GConf perl-Gnome2-Rsvg perl-Gnome2-VFS perl-Gnome2-Vte perl-Gnome2-Wnck perl-GStreamer1 perl-Gtk2 perl-Gtk2-GladeXML perl-Gtk2-Notify perl-Gtk2-SourceView2 perl-Gtk2-Spell perl-Gtk2-Unique perl-Gtk2-WebKit perl-Gtk3 perl-Pango perl-SGMLSpm perl-Win32-GUI perl-Wx gnumeric graphviz hexchat libproxy link-grammar marisa ming openbabel openwsman rxvt-unicode vim xfconf zbar zinnia Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Wavetables for the Terratec KOMPLEXER: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#KomplexerWaves
