> > From: Christopher Faylor > Date: 2005/07/07 Thu PM 09:46:10 EDT > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: FAQ request > > Could we split the "Why is your package so out of date?" question out of > the "Why isn't package XXXX available in Cygwin?" and add something like > the below? > > cgf > > Q) Why is your package XYZ so out of date? > > Q) Why is the version of package XYZ older than the version that > I can download from the XYZ web site? > > Q) Why is the version of package XYZ older than the version that > I installed on my linux system? > > Q) Is there something special about Cygwin which requires that only an > older version of package XYZ will work on it? > > Every package in the Cygwin distribution has a maintainer who is > responsible for sending out updates of the package. This person is a > volunteer who is rarely the same person as the official developer of the > package. If you notice that a version of a package seems to be out of > date, the reason is usually pretty simple -- the person who is > maintaining the package hasn't gotten around to updating it yet. > > If you urgently need an update, sending a polite message to the cygwin > mailing list pinging the maintainer is perfectly acceptable. There are > no guarantees that the maintainer will have time to update the package > or that you'll receive a response to your request, however. > > Remeber that the operative term here is "volunteer". >
Hi Chris, Thanks for the info. As I said in my question, I'm not the libtiff developer. But since I use both libtiff and cygwin I am quite willing to help out in the advancement of both. Who is the libtiff maintainer for cygwin? Or better yet, is there a list of package maintainers that we can search? Thanks, Thom OBTW, I *was* trying to be polite in my phrasing. Sorry if it didn't come out sounding that way. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
