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Re: Maintainers please weigh in on 64-bit Cygwin


Hi there!

Am 17.03.2013 17:45, schrieb Christopher Faylor:
I'd like to have a feel for how the 64-bit version of Cygwin will
impact package maintainers.

So, I'd appreciate some discussion about this.

1) Do you have a 64-bit version of Windows available?

Yes

3) Are you willing to download the current 64-bit Cygwin and start porting
your stuff, knowing that there are still bugs?
4) Or, would you rather wait for 64-bit to be completely stable before
attempting anything?

Well, somewhere in between. As I only maintain tftpd which neither has a broad user base nor frequent upstream updates, I only look into Cygwin packaging every now and then.

So I'd love to see some "Howto get your package built on 64-bit" instruction. If things are shomehow shaky and unstable, that's no problem, I can happily try and report - but likely I won't have time to dig deeper or provide patches for other packages.

5) Does the existence of two different architectures make you think that
it is time for you to stop offering the package?

No.

6) Would you be willing to have another person doing the 64-bit port for
you?

As I don't expect too much overhead here: no.

7) Are you ok with a 64-bit alpha release being made available which contains
your packages built by someone else?

Don't think this makes sense for tftpd.

--
Gernot
Siemens CT RTC ITP SDP-DE, Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux


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