From: Chris F. <cg...@cy...> - 2000-10-10 16:23:35
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On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 06:37:41AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote: >--- Chris Faylor <cg...@cy...> wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 01:22:21PM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote: >> > Supply a w32api-0.2.1.tar.gz package from www.mingw.org. >> > >> >One other thing that may make since is to create a w32api standalone >> package. >> >You basically have this in the winsup/w32api now. It would just needs a >> >separate set of lists. What do you think? >> >> I'm not sure what you're asking. Are you suggesting breaking out the >> w32api stuff from the cygwin distribution? That's certainly doable. >> I've considered doing this in the past but I've always worried about >> confusing people. >> > >Yes, exactly. I think that w32api should be moved up in the tree and have it's >own CVS "branch" similar to newlib and libiberty. This would allow it to have >it's own identity and perhaps other packages could more easily use it. That would break the encapsulation that is present in the current CVS tree. There is only one OS-specific package in the sources.redhat.com CVS tree currently but internally, we have several, and they all have their own individual directories. I don't see any reason why w32api should have its own directory. IMO, it logically belongs under 'winsup'. Moving it would also entail making YA change to the top level configure which I'd like to avoid. cgf |