On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 04:48:34PM +0100, Tim O'Callaghan wrote: >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 ;)
Bingo! cgf