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Re: [g-b-s patch] Re: Trial plotutils packages again


On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Eric Blake wrote:

> According to Igor Pechtchanski on 10/13/2005 5:36 PM:
>
> > Exactly.  So I'm asking again: *is* this the consensus?  If so, I'll
> > remove that section from the readme template.
>
> You've got my vote - I have to edit the readme file for every release to
> give details about the new release, but not worrying about the file list
> will make that a little less painful (even though g-b-s does provide the
> list option).

Someone tried to fix this so that the README was automatically updated
with the file list.  Given that he hasn't completed the task, you're
right.

> > Agreed.  Eric, if you plan to tweak the above patch, you should probably
> > also mention <http://cygwin.com/packages/> as the place to get package
> > content listings.
>
> Done as requested, plus a sample generic-setup.hint:
>
> 2005-10-13  Eric Blake  <ebb9 at byu dot net>
>
> 	* templates/generic-setup.hint: New file.
> 	* templates/generic-readme: Add License, Language.  List date
> 	when releases are made.  Remove explicit file listing in favor of
> 	instructions on how to reproduce it.
> 	* templates/generic-build-script: Fix typo when failing.

Applied, with a slight rewording of the package listing section.  Thanks!

BTW, it might be worth mentioning in generic-setup.hint that even though
setup doesn't currently understand the maintainer: field, it would be
worthwhile to update it anyway (i.e., the setup.hint's sent to cygwin-apps
would contain two comments -- the package and the maintainer).
	Igor
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