Well, I just want to know - what's the thing that prevented the db package from being ported so long ? Is it extremly difficulk or it's just a matter of no one having the time/interest of doing it ?
I may be interested in maintaing this package but what some details first :) Charles Wilson wrote: > Please search the mailing list archives (cygwin and cygwin-apps) where > the RPM issue has been ENDLESSLY discussed. You will discover, among > other things, that we have repeatedly said "somebody needs to > port/maintain/contribute the package" and "(ditto) db". > > Then we ask "Do you want to volunteer?" > > Then we get silence. > > --Chuck > > Jean-Michel POURE wrote: > >> Le Mercredi 9 Janvier 2002 17:08, vous avez écrit : >> >>> Jean-Michel, >>> On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 09:12:22AM +0100, Jean-Michel POURE wrote: >>> See the following for my 4.0.2 experiences and patch: >>> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-07/msg00949.html >>> Jason >>> >> >> Dear Jason, >> >> Are there technical problems for not including RPM in the standard >> Cygwin packages? Again, I will not be using Cygwin for Cygwin >> installation itself. But it will be of great help for other projects, >> including mine. >> >> This would be so fine to just type rpm --rebuild package_name.src.rpm >> to compile under Cygwin. Or rpm -ba spec_name to generate packages >> after modifying the specs. >> >> Best regards, >> Jean-Michel POURE >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >> Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html >> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >> >> > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
