On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 05:57:14AM -0700, Eric Blake wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > 3) If a package needs a specific tool to build it, such as asciidoc being > > needed for > > git documentation, does it also need to be supported or not? if so does > > it need > > to be bundled with the source, or as a separate package? > > In general, we like the ability to reproduce a build using cygwin > packages. This has not always been the case, but cygwin is now > self-sustaining enough that you can rebuild almost all cygwin packages > using just cygwin (cross-compiling would be hands down faster, but it is > the principle of the thing). I would consider proposing asciidoc as a > separate package, again because it might prove useful outside of git. >
Ok. I'll set it up as a separate package. I was thinking about the current distro method, its probably a stupid question, but i was wondering why don't you support, or have tools to convert rpm/dpkg type build packages? Cygwin seems to have native rpm & dpkg tools and most source packages have a 'dist' type target... Tim. "However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results." -- Winston Churchill