Hello Cygwin package maintainers, As you all probably noted, I haven't been around much. My team at work has been really busy accomplishing some pretty amazing feats over the last number of months, most recently:
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/systems/red-hat-openshift-now-available-ibm-z-linuxone/ While it's been great for my career, it obviously hasn't been so good for you and the community as a whole, as I've really had absolutely no time to work on Cygwin packaging. In fact, I've barely used my Windows machine and VMs at all for quite some time. And to be completely honest, it really doesn't look like that's going to change anytime soon either. To that end, in the best interest of the community, please consider my packages up for adoption. I don't expect that any one person will take all of them; some are obsolete and due for removal anyway, some should be picked up as soon as possible, and others might just end up bitrotting if nobody is interested in them. However, in whatever there is interest (or need), hopefully what is there now will serve as a strong foundation to on which to continue to build. (And just to be perfectly clear, we're all in good health; this has nothing to do with the current crisis, except that maybe some of you have more time at home now to use to the benefit of Cygwin.) I'll continue lurking on the lists, and with this burden off my shoulders, try to transition to being a little more active as a mentor. So, please feel free to ask questions (on list, please), particularly if you don't understand why I did something in my packaging. There is (or at least was at the time!) a good reason for all of it, even though I often neglected to document why. I'll try to do what I can to make this as smooth as possible. All the best, stay safe, and keep on building! -- Yaakov