On 10/16/2012 23:32, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Oct 16 18:05, JonY wrote: >> On 10/14/2012 02:12, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 12:45:43PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 12:28:42AM +0800, JonY wrote: >>>>> On 10/14/2012 00:08, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>>>>> Sounds really interesting. I just tried it, but it fails to download >>>>>> the w32api-libs and w32api-includes packages: >>>>>> >>>>>> generating package name -> package directory mapping... >>>>>> Done >>>>>> couldn't find a package dir for >>>>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Cygwin%20Snapshots/dist/w32api-libs/w32api-libs-3.0b_svn5431-1.tar.bz2 >>>>>> couldn't find a package dir for >>>>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Cygwin%20Snapshots/dist/w32api-includes/w32api-includes-3.0b_svn5431-1.tar.bz2 >>>>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Cygwin%20Snapshots/dist/meta/w32api-100.0-1.tar.bz2 >>>>>> -> /sourceware/snapshot-tmp/cygwin/release/w32api/w32api-100.0-1.tar.bz2 >>>>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Cygwin%20Snapshots/dist/meta/w32api-100.0-1-src.tar.bz2 >>>>>> -> >>>>>> /sourceware/snapshot-tmp/cygwin/release/w32api/w32api-100.0-1-src.tar.bz2 >>>>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Cygwin%20Snapshots/dist/meta/setup.hint >>>>>> -> /sourceware/snapshot-tmp/cygwin/release/w32api/setup.hint >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Corinna >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It doesn't handle new packages? >>>> >>>> Nope. Only old packages. Should have made that clear. >>>> >>>> However, if you make the appropriate subdirectories in cygwin's release >>> ^ >>> first >>>> area it will then work. >>> >> >> Ping. > > Are you waiting for more feedback or shall we upload? Are you mentally > and ethically prepared to take the loads of complaints on the Cygwin ML? >
It's good to go if the Cygwin maintainers are OK with split out packages and a meta package. As for complaints, well, we'll see how it goes.
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