On Mar 17 16:27, Yaakov wrote: > On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:58:10 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: > > Btw, was it announced that Yaakov was working on a complete 64-bit > > release? I knew that this was a possibility but was it actually > > announced that there would be a release area in cygwin's ftp area with > > packages (presumably) built by him? > > > > I don't recall seeing any email about this. It seems like this deserved > > a message to cygwin-apps with a clear subject discussing what was > > happening. > > What's happening right now is just bootstrapping. Corinna released her > 64bit toolchain for the first time five weeks ago, and the ABI > stabilized (I hope) less than two weeks ago. Since then, we've been > working to get enough packages built to enable basic usage and > development, so that others could test, and start building other > packages for, x86_64. > > We're now at the point that both cygwin and gcc can be built natively, > and cygport git master is functional. Of course, there are still > bugs to be fixed and probably more that have yet to be found, but I > believe we will soon be in the position to help maintainers with porting > their packages to x86_64 in a few ways: > > 1) For those with 64bit systems and a sense of adventure, they'll be > able to build natively once their packages' dependencies are available. > > 2) A 32-to-64 bit toolchain with all the available libraries is already > in Ports and can soon be moved into the distro. Maintainers with > cross-compilable packages will be able to cross-build 64bit packages > with `cygport --64' once things stabilize. > > 3) Otherwise, we'll find a way to proxy build packages for x86_64. > Maintainers will still drive the development of their packages while > others take care of the actual build. (Which, when you think about it, > is exactly what happens with other binary Linux distributions.) > > The goal is that a single .cygport and patchset (when needed) will work > for both i686 and x86_64, and that the packages in both distros will > end up having identical versions of all packages. Obviously some > changes will be need all around to make that happen, but that is > certainly the goal AFAIAC.
Like Yaakov said. It would still be nice if we could get an upset running on the 64bit/release test area for those who are actively testing and contributing even if this is not official. It would be very helpful testing even in this early stage. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
