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Re: new package: mined text editor
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:10:43 -0500
- Subject: Re: new package: mined text editor
- References: <E1CzLSD-0005me-00@mrelayng.kundenserver.de>
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 10:06:27PM +0100, towo@computer.org wrote:
>Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
>
>> towo@computer.org wrote:
>>
>> > I have released version 2000.10 of my editor mined.
>> > I had proposed it as a cygwin package last year and got the votes
>> > and a package review. This is a new version and I suppose the package
>> > should be alright now.
>> >
>> > The setup.hint file and the binary and source packages are available
>> > for download from the directory
>> > http://towo.net/mined/cygwin/
>> >
>> > The setup.hint file is also shown below.
>>
>> GTG from my point of view.
>Thanks.
>
>
>
>> Some notes:
>>
>> Packaging looks ok. Program is running. Since I don't know mined
>> I cannot say if it is working as expected however.
>>
>> The setup.hint ldesc is somewhat long, it is a 'hint' and I think
>> there is no need to include the full README here.
>The source archive contains a README (installed as
>/usr/share/doc/mined/README) and a README.cygwin (installed as
>/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/mined.README) which contain different kind
>of information.
>It also contains doc/overview.html from which the ldesc is
>automatically generated.
>I admit it's somewhat long but it actually just lists the highlights
>of mined features. I understood setup.hint to also provide hints
>for users to decide whether the package is useful for them (I recall
>a mail saying that setup.exe should eventually display this information
>but unfortunately doesn't yet).
>If you don't mind, I would prefer to leave it as is now, and
>to revise it for the next release if other people complain about its
>length, too.
>
>
>
>> Source compiles ok.
>>
>> Could you also post a link to the initial thread with the votes
>> and review, please (I cannot remember right now and I'm lazy...)?
>Vote:
>http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2004-03/msg00280.html
>Vote:
>http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2004-06/msg00115.html
>Vote and review:
>http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2004-06/msg00126.html
>
>
>
>If I remember correctly, I would have to wait until the package
>shows up in the distribution (being uploaded by you or some other
>kind maintainer) and then send a message to cygwin-announce, right?
No. You send a message after the package has been confirmed as uploaded.
There is no reason to wait. Just make sure your release announce language
mentions that it will be uploaded to a mirror soon.
I think it is better to do these things as soon as possible, otherwise
experience has shown that people forget.
I can't remember if this was one of those setup.hints which inexplicably
contained a '@ mined' line, but if it does please make sure that it
is removed. It is not needed.
cgf