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Re: Which list should cygwin development be discussed on ?
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 21:28:57 -0400
- Subject: Re: Which list should cygwin development be discussed on ?
- References: <44A474CE.7090100@netbauds.net> <20060630011818.GD2154@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <e86j6c$u5o$1@sea.gmane.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 03:42:00PM -0400, Joe Smith wrote:
>"Christopher Faylor" <cgf-no-personal-reply-please@cygwin.com> wrote in
>message news:20060630011818.GD2154@trixie.casa.cgf.cx...
>>On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 01:48:14AM +0100, Darryl Miles wrote:
>>>Is my more technical discussion better put onto the cygwin-patches list
>>>?
>>
>>No. The mailing list descriptions really are accurate. If you don't
>>have a patch, then you shouldn't be sending email to cygwin-patches.
>
>Most cygwin development discussion occurs on the main list or on
>cygwin-apps.
Discussion of cygwin DLL development is not handled in cygwin-apps. It
is mainly discussed on irc between Corinna and me. If someone reports a
problem porting an application in cygwin-apps then it is possible that
Corinna or I might make a change but that is true of any mailing list
which Corinna or I read.
There is a miniscule amount of traffic in the cygwin list about
development and even less traffic in the pretty-much-defunct
cygwin-developers list.
>Basically The general rule for cygwin apps appears to be that the first
>messgage in a thread has to be about creation of new packages, or
>discussions about packaging policy. (Also requests for uploads go to
>that list). Then the disussion can drift a little to more general
>cygwin development, but should still be in the context of a specific
>package.
No. The description in the mailing list is correct. If there is an
occasional query about cygwin internals it is not a very frequent
occurrence in cygwin-apps.
>Also, discussion of the development of setup.exe usually takes place on
>cygwin-apps, because that is the designated list for discussing bugs in
>setup.exe
The description at http://cygwin.com/lists.html really is up-to-date.
There is no need to second guess it.
cgf
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