On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 11:17:59PM -0800, Russell VT wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 2:26 PM Scott Wood <> wrote: > > > I'm trying to compile a current version of apache2 httpd under the cygwin64 > > environment. There is an older version of apache2 compiled in cygwin but > > it's orphaned and didn't include some of the ssl libs I needed. > > > > Well, I wouldn't call it "orphaned" ... it's just a few dot revisions > behind. Both 2.4.29 and 2.4.25 seem to be in the package list, and current > is 2.4.52 (2021/12/20)
>From a formal Cygwin package management perspective, the package is orphaned. That is, the page at https://cygwin.com/cygwin-pkg-maint lists the package as "ORPHANED", which means nobody is currently taking specific responsibility for answering questions about the package or providing updates in future. That obviously means that volunteers to maintain the package would almost certainly be gladly received. I've not looked at how much work is required to maintain this package, but as a maintainer for some other packages, I can say it's not a lot of work, particularly if you'd be getting the package compiling for your own purposes anyway. If you (where, by "you", I mean anyone reading this!) want to try taking over the maintainership, there's a bunch of information about what's required at https://cygwin.com/packaging-contributors-guide.html, and the packagers' mailing list is active and helpful. Plus -- while we seem to have mostly dropped the habit of awarding gold stars to folk making contributions -- I think adopting an orphaned package is still worthy of automatic listing at https://cygwin.com/goldstars/ Adam -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple