1) Under "Package File Naming", I see "The first release of a package for a given vendor version may optionally skip the suffix". I take that to mean that cURL-7.9-1.tar.gz and cURL-7.9.tar.gz are both acceptable? Is that true?
2) Under "Making Packages", I think the "standard" for binary packages is to leave off the initial "/" on filenames inside the tarball. E.g.: usr/doc/cURL-7.9/README instead of /usr/doc/cURL-7.9/README I think the point is to allow someone to expand the binary package into some other location (besides "/") if desired for whatever reason. For one thing, I don't see this tradition documented in this section. For another, your examples (e.g. /usr/doc/foo-vendor) have the initial slash included. 3) I realize this one is kind of nit-picky, but the 4th bullet under "Making Packages" mentions a "file" named /usr/doc/foo-vendor, when in fact this should call it a "directory". 4) The oft-referenced texinfo-4.0 example on the cygwin ml includes the specific commands that can be used to "unapply" the foo-vendor-suffix.patch file; could you add those commands to this file? 5) Again under "Making packages", you said that the patch file should extract to /usr/src/foo-vendor-suffix.patch. The texinfo example says it should go at /usr/src/foo-vendor-suffix/CYGWIN-PATCHES/foo-vendor-suffix.patch. Which place is "correct"? 6) Again, not to be nit-picky; however your example of "foo-vendor-suffix" is a bit misleading. Most packages use "package-version-suffix", and don't (necessarily) mention the "Vendor" in the package's name. I suggest using the more generic but hopefully more accurate "package-version-suffix" verbage throughout the doc. 7) [last one for today...] Under "Submitting a package", could we get the text updated to mention that Christopher typically uploads things FOR us? (at least, those of us like me with just one little package). Thanks for getting this started! It looks great! --Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 6:25 AM I've added in some guidelines on making packages and submitting them for inclusion to http://www.cygwin.com/setup.html. Please read, and if I've got anything wrong, let me know! I've had to make some of it up from unwritten rules, so there is a good chance I've gotten bits wrong.