On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 10:05:07AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 03:14:59PM +0100, Tim O'Callaghan wrote: > >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... > > There's no mystery here. We're all just mean SOBs who like to make > things as hard as possible for people.
I thought as much. > What other reason could there be > for the lack of existence of something in a free software project? > Lack of someone bothered enough by the problem to do anything about it, is the usual reason ;) Tim. "However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results." -- Winston Churchill