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generic-build-script maintainership (WAS Re: non-widget child "DropSiteManager" error)
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:43:00 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: generic-build-script maintainership (WAS Re: non-widget child "DropSiteManager" error)
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[Changing to a more descriptive subject]
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> [Dropping cygwin-xfree]
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 01:04:34PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Brian Ford wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Atwood, Robert C wrote:
> >>
> >> [snip]
> >> > Also I believe the following addition to the script would probably save
> >> > some people (like me) much headache ... suitably filled in where blank,
> >> > I don't quite get what all the different options are for.
> >>
> >> I agree. PTC. Please send them to cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com.
> >> Although, don't get your hopes up. There has been another very useful
> >> patch to this script pending for a long time now, and it is not clear why
> >> it has not been accepted.
> >>
> >> I'm not sure who is in charge of the generic build script. Maybe that is
> >> the problem.
> >
> >Technically, I think everyone believes that Chuck Wilson is officially in
> >charge of that. However, he did mention recently that he'd be too busy to
> >do anything with the script for a while... So, here's a question for the
> >powers-that-be of Cygwin-apps: who can approve patches to the
> >generic-build-script (and the generic-readme)? Who can commit? Or should
> >we just wait for Chuck?
>
> It's up to Chuck to pass the baton or grant checkin privileges. If he
> is unresponsive here (which is unlikely in the extreme), then I'll make
> a decision.
>
> cgf
Does <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-01/msg00409.html> count as
(temporarily) passing the baton?
Igor
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