On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 11:44:09PM -0700, Harold L Hunt II wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >>On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:38:36AM -0700, Harold L Hunt II wrote: >> >>>Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> >>>>On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 02:14:16AM -0700, Harold L Hunt II wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>I packaged the xmon program today (and used it extensively, so I know >>>>>it works) for Cygwin. >>>> >>>> >>>>I took the liberty of checking Debian and see that this is a standard >>>>package there, so there is no need to vote on this. >>> >>>Thanks, I wasn't sure what the current rules were. Glad it was in Debian. >>> >>> >>>>But, where's the setup.hint file? >>> >>>Uhh... I hope I'm not misunderstanding the question... but, in the >>>original email?!? >>> >>> >>>>http://homer.starnet.com/~hunth/cygwin/release/X11/xmon/setup.hint >>>>7ab56809ff065a5e46693f49a1099f84 >> >> >> From http://cygwin.com/setup.html >> >>Submitting a package >> >> So you've got a package you want to submit. Follow the following >> checklist before emailing cygwin-apps@cygwin.com and you'll almost >> certainly save time. >> >> 1. Propose on cygwin-apps that you are interested in becoming a >> package maintainer for package foo. 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. >> >> 2. If this is a new package, *post a complete setup.hint file as >> part >> of your proposal*. Include this file in the text of your message so >> that it can be commented on. Do not submit it as an attachment. > >Are we posting or quoting rules? > >I have no interest in pedantics.
You asked why I was asking about the setup.hint file. This is why. I didn't see any obvious reason why I should refrain from pointing out the rules to you since I and others do that whenever someone sends an incomplete ITP here. cgf
