Re: Chicken 5 on Cygwin
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 3:07 AM Peter Bex wrote: > > I think it's the Cygwin project. We are only responsible for ensuring > that it builds and runs correctly on Cygwin. But I'm sure they'll > accept a patch if one of us sends it to them. > > The real problem is keeping it up to date. Just updating it to 5.3.0 > should be a matter of sending a patch, but keeping it up to date, > following up when things break etc is something that really requires > someone who actively uses CHICKEN from Cygwin. > For the foreseeable future I'll once again be running Chicken on Cygwin and building it myself, so I will definitely report if it breaks. However, I think it's enough to send Cygwin updates only for minor versions (5.3, 5.4, etc.) and security patches, not for every single patch that's ever issued.
Re: Chicken 5 on Cygwin
On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 01:07:21PM -0500, Claude Marinier wrote: > Allô, > > I see that Cygwin includes Chicken 4. This is not a problem at home where I > can compile from sources. At work, I am working on approval for Cygwin as a > whole. It would be nice if Cygwin included Chicken 5. > > Who is responsible for this? Is it the Chicken community? I think it's the Cygwin project. We are only responsible for ensuring that it builds and runs correctly on Cygwin. But I'm sure they'll accept a patch if one of us sends it to them. The real problem is keeping it up to date. Just updating it to 5.3.0 should be a matter of sending a patch, but keeping it up to date, following up when things break etc is something that really requires someone who actively uses CHICKEN from Cygwin. > Assuming we have to do this ourselves. How difficult is it to upgrade? Shouldn't be too hard. Build instructions are almost identical for CHICKEN 4 and 5. Cheers, Peter signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Chicken 5 on Cygwin
Allô, I see that Cygwin includes Chicken 4. This is not a problem at home where I can compile from sources. At work, I am working on approval for Cygwin as a whole. It would be nice if Cygwin included Chicken 5. Who is responsible for this? Is it the Chicken community? Assuming we have to do this ourselves. How difficult is it to upgrade? Merci. -- Claude Marinier
