approval procedure

2004-07-23 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
Could someone direct me to a e-mail archive URL or web page that describes the approval procedure for packages? I understand there are three votes needed and a review of some kind. Who is eligible to vote and who is eligible to review? Thanks.

Re: approval procedure

2004-07-23 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Marcus G. Daniels wrote: Could someone direct me to a e-mail archive URL or web page that describes the approval procedure for packages? Umm, I don't recall the exact link, but I can summarize it here. I suppose this information should be part of http://cygwin.com

Re: approval procedure

2004-07-23 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: The current maintainers are eligible to vote. How does one go about generating interest for packages that the maintainers would be unlikely to use themselves? E.g. packages targeted for particular pre-existing scientific communities? Is advocacy appropriate on

Re: approval procedure

2004-07-23 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Marcus G. Daniels wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: The current maintainers are eligible to vote. How does one go about generating interest for packages that the maintainers would be unlikely to use themselves? E.g. packages targeted for particular pre-existing

Re: approval procedure

2004-07-23 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: It might help if you included some info about where a particularly obscure package was leading (e.g., I have no idea what HDF5 is or does, but I may have heard of the other package you intend to produce that requires it). HDF5 is a library for fast and efficient storage

Re: approval procedure

2004-07-23 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 12:44:09PM -0600, Marcus G. Daniels wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: The current maintainers are eligible to vote. How does one go about generating interest for packages that the maintainers would be unlikely to use themselves? E.g. packages targeted for particular