Paul Wise schreef:
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Sjors Gielen <mailingl...@dazjorz.com> wrote:
As I understand it, ReactOS is an operating system you can run Cygwin on.
Why would I include the kernel? I'd say users of ReactOS can fetch Cygwin or
Debian-kCygwin in the same way as Win32 users would. Right?
Without it you can't put Cygwin in main since it would depend on
non-free software.
I'm trying to see how ReactOS would change that. I mean - Compiling
using PE does not actually link in non-free code, and dynamic libraries
are loaded in during runtime, not load-time. If ReactOS is binary
compatible, the DLL names should be the same. Is it just the idea of me
doing the project on ReactOS that makes the Debian-Cygwin project "more
free", or does it really make a difference on wether Cygwin depends on
Windows specifically?
Bernd Zeimetz schreef:
> Paul Wise wrote:
>
>> Without it you can't put Cygwin in main since it would depend on
>> non-free software.
>>
>
> uhm nobody was talking about putting cygwin into the archive, if I
> understand it right.
Well in the end, it's a port, so once it's done (read: usable) it may
move into the Debian archive. By then, there will be a seperate Debian
package containing the Cygwin tools and dlls.
Sjors
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