From: haibin z. <dr...@ya...> - 2006-02-15 11:27:34
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--- Keith MARSHALL <kei...@to...>写道: > Haibin Zhang wrote, quoting me: > >> As Earnie and I have both pointed out, it's your > monolithic > >> packaging format that we object to, not what you > provide in > >> your package. Any user who needs those latest > versions of > >> the autotools, or gettext, will be well capable > of updating > >> their own installations, using our mingwPORTs. > > > > This is a temporary schema, If I have time, I will > package it > > as cygwin install.exe. so that many people can > upgrade mingw > > as cygwin. > > I hope you mean "like cygwin", rather than "as > cygwin"; I don't > think the Cygwin folks will be too enamoured of you > trying to > replace a Cygwin install with a MinGW rip-off. Nor > will we be > best pleased, if upgrading a MinGW installation > turns it into > Cygwin. (That aside, there is already significant > co-operation > between the Cygwin and MinGW projects). > > >> If you *really* want to assist those users who > you say need > >> your package, then why not offer them an even > better service, > >> by helping us to keep the appropriate mingwPORTs > up to date, > >> instead of creating yet another software > distribution? > > > > I think that if you spend much time to update > mingwPORTS, maybe > > you can create a intall.exe like cygwin. Sorry, > maybe I am wrong, > > maybe I don't understand mingwPORTS. > > We like the mingwPORT concept, because it allows > users to select > those packages they want/need, download the PORT > file, and run > `mingwPORT.sh' to handle the details of downloading, > building > and installing the required package, while also > optimising it to > best fit their own system configuration. > > In many respects, each mingwPORT is like a mini > installer, with > each one dedicated to its own optional add-on > package for a MinGW > or MSYS system. Certainly, there isn't currently > any single > integrated installer, which can handle both a basic > MinGW > installation, and also manage the optional add-ons. > It would be > nice to offer one, but that needs development > effort, which in > turn needs time, and that is a scarce commodity. > That would > appear to be your goal, but isn't your effort > misdirected? > Instead of impatiently going it alone, wouldn't you > be better > working *with* us, to achieve that goal? Together > we could > achieve so much more than we can each produce > independently. > I have no issue with letting you join the MinGW > Developer Team, > and allowing you to participate in development > discussions. > We already have a couple of developers, with an > interest in > installers; why not share your ideas with them? But > please, > show some patience; you must give us an opportunity > to review > your work, *before* we adopt it into MinGW, or give > you carte > blanche to upload to our project pages. Thank you Keith, If I have some idea of mingw, I will first share with mingw group ! regards Zhang haibin > Regards, > Keith. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do > you grep through log files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search > engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the > web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Mingw-msys mailing list > Min...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-msys > ___________________________________________________________ 雅虎1G免费邮箱百分百防垃圾信 http://cn.mail.yahoo.com/ |