On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 12:49:32PM -0400, Thom DeCarlo wrote: >> >> From: Christopher Faylor >> Date: 2005/07/07 Thu PM 09:46:10 EDT >> To: cygwin@cygwin.com >> Subject: FAQ request >> >> Could we split the "Why is your package so out of date?" question out of >> the "Why isn't package XXXX available in Cygwin?" and add something like >> the below? >> >> cgf >> >> Q) Why is your package XYZ so out of date? >> >> Q) Why is the version of package XYZ older than the version that >> I can download from the XYZ web site? >> >> Q) Why is the version of package XYZ older than the version that >> I installed on my linux system? >> >> Q) Is there something special about Cygwin which requires that only an >> older version of package XYZ will work on it? >> >> Every package in the Cygwin distribution has a maintainer who is >> responsible for sending out updates of the package. This person is a >> volunteer who is rarely the same person as the official developer of the >> package. If you notice that a version of a package seems to be out of >> date, the reason is usually pretty simple -- the person who is >> maintaining the package hasn't gotten around to updating it yet. >> >> If you urgently need an update, sending a polite message to the cygwin >> mailing list pinging the maintainer is perfectly acceptable. There are >> no guarantees that the maintainer will have time to update the package >> or that you'll receive a response to your request, however. >> >> Remember that the operative term here is "volunteer". >> > >Hi Chris, >Thanks for the info. As I said in my question, I'm not the libtiff >developer. But since I use both libtiff and cygwin I am quite willing >to help out in the advancement of both. > >Who is the libtiff maintainer for cygwin? Or better yet, is there a >list of package maintainers that we can search? > >Thanks, Thom > >OBTW, I *was* trying to be polite in my phrasing. Sorry if it didn't >come out sounding that way.
Huh? This was a proposed *FAQ* entry, not a response to a mailing list message. In any event: "If you urgently need an update, sending a polite message to the cygwin mailing list pinging the maintainer is perfectly acceptable." You've already done that. Note that I didn't say that the next step is for you to send personal email to someone. We have mailing lists for this type of communication. I guess words to the effect should be part of the FAQ entry, too as this seems to be a frequent source of confusion. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
