On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 03:05:11PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >Is the ITP moratorium declared in ><http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2004-03/msg00036.html> still in effect?
Nope. Daniel's back. Sorry that I never made that clear. I'd like to explore new methods for getting packages into the distribution, however. Possibly we need a gdb packages steering committee which decides on these things. It could have rules like "a package needs a simple majority vote to be a candidate for inclusion". I'd envision seven people on the committee. I have names in mind but the only two definites are really Corinna and me, both of whom would also have veto power. I'd also like to see a formal justification for why a package should be included, remembering that we have a "software" web page at cygwin.com which can be used to advertise packages that aren't quite up to snuff for the cygwin release. I think we have accepted a couple of packages here which really only deserve to be advertised on the web site. cgf