Re: best practice for upgrading config files?

2006-05-09 Thread Jason Alonso
On 5/9/06, Max Bowsher wrote: > (3) Compute a checksum of the current /etc/lftp.conf, and compare it to the > checksum of the old default. If they're the same, then the user hasn't > touched the old default so copy the new default in. If they're different, > then prompt the user as in (2). So

Re: [ITP] cygport

2006-05-05 Thread Jason Alonso
On 5/5/06, Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: I'm not sure why /usr/share/cygport is less misplaced than /usr/lib/cygport/lib, except that the former sounds more accessible than the latter. Either way, cygport still needs to be documented, then it shouldn't really matter where the components are act

Re: [ITP] cygport

2006-05-05 Thread Jason Alonso
On 5/4/06, Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: Portage itself was already vetoed, as it would mean entirely changing the distro management scheme, and Portage just isn't meant for only building packages. cygport is much simpler, doesn't require changing the distro entirely, and was written with Cygwi

Re: [ITP] cygport

2006-05-04 Thread Jason Alonso
On 5/4/06, Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: (Yes, the syntax is *inspired* by Gentoo Portage, but not identical, and the code behind it is mostly my own.) Wow... Once upon a time, I coughed up a proto-ITP, which met with few remarks. I have since advanced my documentation on the matter: http:/

Re: splitting category Devel?

2006-03-26 Thread Jason Alonso
If you want to redefine "Libs" as DLLs-only, might I suggest "Runtime" or "Runtimes" as a better name? Jason On 3/26/06, Max Bowsher <--snip--> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Lapo Luchini wrote: > > Category "Devel" is huge, really huge. > > The main "reason" behind

Re: [ITP] Gentoo Portage 2.0.54

2006-02-28 Thread Jason Alonso
it seems kinda lame for me to keep the implications to myself. Regards, Jason On 2/28/06, Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 08:49:16PM -0500, Jason Alonso wrote: > >I've been around since the days of B18, but I've been a quiet one... &g

Re: [ITP] Gentoo Portage 2.0.54

2006-02-28 Thread Jason Alonso
*sigh* A typo sent my message off right before I finished: In other words, I think there is more to be said, but I'd like to leave it to questioning. Cheers, Jason On 2/28/06, Jason Alonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been around since the days of B

[ITP] Gentoo Portage 2.0.54

2006-02-28 Thread Jason Alonso
sions. Therefore, I must rely on others to fill in the gaps in my explanations until I can recuperate. In other words, I think there is more to be said, but Regards, Jason Alonso p.s. I have posted a similar message to the gentoo-cygwin mailing list (dormant) over at Gentoo, as I was advised t