On 06/09/2012, at 12:03 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 9/5/2012 12:19 AM, Mark O'Keefe wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I had tried posting this to the cygwin-apps list, but it would appear >> that maybe I can't do that. So I'll post it hear for comment. > > From <http://cygwin.com/lists.html>: > > cygwin-apps: a subscriber-only list for discussing packaging issues regarding > applications that are distributed with the Cygwin DLL. If you are maintaining > or volunteering to maintain one of the packages that is distributed with the > Cygwin net releases you should be subscribed to this list.
>From <http://cygwin.com/setup.html#submitting> Submitting a new package: So you've got a package you want to submit. Follow the following checklist before emailing the cygwin-apps mailing list and you'll almost certainly save time. Propose on the cygwin-apps mailing list that you are interested in becoming a package maintainer for package "foo" using a subject like "[ITP] foo 0.10". Some packages cannot be distributed via Cygwin's setup due to vendor licence limitations. Other packages may not be appropriate for Cygwin. This step will save time if, for some reason, we cannot accept the package. So, you might appreciate why I was confused thinking that I should email the cygwin-apps list. I read (later) that it was a subscriber-only list and emailed to this list instead. I'm guessing that there might need to be some updates to the website to reflect the correct process. If there is a more up-to-date set of instructions on how to contribute to Cygwin, please re-direct me. I've used cygwin for years and thought I should take the opportunity to give back to the community if I can. > > >> NOTE: The current version of tar (1.25) available from cygwin is broken >> and doesn't work for amanda :-( I've created a patch for the 1.26 >> version of tar to create a working amanda installation on my machine. >> Not sure how to get the current maintainer to update the official version >> to 1.26. > > If it's a general problem with tar, you'll want to contact the upstream > maintainer. > It is a problem with tar version 1.25 which is the current cygwin version. The fix is in version 1.26. Just need to re-package 1.26 for cygwin. Refer to: <http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/FAQ:What_versions_of_GNU_Tar_are_Amanda-compatible%3F> > -- > Larry > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > A: Yes. > > Q: Are you sure? > >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
