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Re: [RFU] mingw64-* crt and headers update, including win32api
On Nov 15 20:56, JonY wrote:
> On 11/15/2012 01:48, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 05:42:27PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >> On Nov 14 07:55, NightStrike wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:08 AM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
> >>>>
> >>>> Also, SF.net's FRS is notorious for serving up the wrong file when more
> >>>> than one file the same name in different directories (e.g. setup.hint).
> >>>
> >>> That has long since been fixed.
> >>>
> >>>> You may wish to find another location for temporary posting of patches
> >>>> for upload (mingw-w64.sf.net project web space should work).
> >>>
> >>> Project web space has a total size limit of 100MB. Also, it is
> >>> mirrored just like the FRS, though it's a lot more transparent.
> >>
> >> Given the size, it might be helpful if JonY has upload rights on
> >> sourceware. Jon, if you think that's helpful, you can request an
> >> account on sourceware using the form at
> >>
> >> http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/pdw/ps_form.cgi
> >>
> >> Please note that this is supposed to be used *only* to upload stuff
> >> and copying over to the Cygwin release area.
> >
> > i.e., please don't use your home directory here as a place to "store stuff".
> > Space on /home on sourceware is kept intentionally small to discourage people
> > from using it for backups, scripts, etc.
> >
> > cgf
> >
>
> Hi, is there some sort of staging area? Or do I go in and upload the
> tarballs directly?
You can use the staging area at /sourceware/snapshot-tmp/cygwin/release
It's used by the get-cygwin-package script as well.
> Likewise, do I simply delete the old uploads?
You can delete old versions which you don't want to provide anymore.
Usuaully the user can see only two anyway, except you use the "test"
marker in setup.hint to provide a third one.
Corinna
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