thank your reply, I have use cygwin long time, it's a great project.
If i want to help cygwin, what can i do? how can i join cygwin team? thanks again. Oct 13, 2023, 12:18 by brian.ing...@shaw.ca: > On 2023-10-12 18:41, xvac wrote: > >> Oct 13, 2023, 08:39 by xvac: >> >>> I find sqlite3 and postgresql packages in cygwin is outdate, anyone can up >>> it to latest? >>> > > I would say postgresql is only lagging a few months because the maintainer is > busy with many other packages: > > https://cygwin.com/packages/summary/postgresql-src.html > >>> also, many new CLI tools should add to cygwin official repo e.g., `bun` : >>> https://github.com/oven-sh/bun >>> > With ~1.9k open issues, 155 pending PRs, and ~100 releases in 2 years, wait > for it to stablize before looking at it. > > Problem is most packages are not written to really be portable, including > ability to be cross-compiled, and languages especially are often written as > Ph.D. projects, or academic projects to provide a subject for papers and a > book by (a) professor(s), and abandoned once the developers get jobs or move > away from the originating institution. > >> zig lang >> > > Needs LLVM 17 > >> nim lang >> > > "Cygwin and similar POSIX runtime environments are not supported." > >> rust lang >> > > "Cygwin and similar POSIX runtime environments are not supported." > > Needs LLVM 17 > >> also should add to cygwin official repo. >> > > Feel free to port them, but if they don't use autotools or cmake, libtool, > and pkgconfig, expect a lot of work to get them running in the Cygwin > environment. > > See the reference to the person trying to port Rust needing to get LLVM 17 > ported. > > -- > Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada > > La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved > non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add > mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut > -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry > -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
