On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 05:30:58PM -0400, Robb, Sam wrote: >Hello, > > I am interested in packaging and maintaining e2fsprogs for >Cygwin. Version 1.35 pretty much builds OOTB. My primary >interest in e2fsprogs is not the utilities themselves, but >the ext2 libraries that are built as part of the package. > > These ext2 libraries are a pre-requisite for another package >that I would like to contribute, e2fsimage. With the ext2 libs >from e2fsprogs-1.35 built and installed, e2fsimage also pretty >much builds OOTB, and is able to create a basic ext2 filesystem >image based off of a Cygwin directory. > > I've placed both these packages in the "Devel" category, >because they are primarily intended for use by folks using >Cygwin as a host platform for cross-development. > > If folks would prefer it, I could see about packaging and >installing e2fsprgs as two seperate components - e2fslibs, and >e2fsprogs, for example. e2fslibs could be packaged now, >e2fsprogs in the future (when I actually have a chance to test >against a "real" ext2 partition on a Windows box).
+1 for me. I don't see any reason to split the package, though. cgf