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Re: docs: improve package maintainer instructions
- From: Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 21:00:39 -0500
- Subject: Re: docs: improve package maintainer instructions
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
- References: <53DCE738 dot 3090406 at redhat dot com>
On Sat, 2014-08-02 at 07:27 -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> I noticed that the main link on the cygwin.com left navbar
> (https://cygwin.com/setup.html#submitting) has outdated instructions;
> rather than duplicate things, I'd rather have a link to the more
> up-to-date page
> (https://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/package-upload.html). Okay to push?
A few minor nits:
> + would be 4.5.13-1, etc). Some packages also use a YYMMDD format for
^^^^^^
YYYYMMDD
> -boffo-1.0-1.tar.bz2 boffo-1.0-1-src.tar.bz2 setup.hint
> +boffo-1.0-1.tar.xz boffo-1.0-1-src.tar.z setup.hint
^^^^^^
.tar.xz
Corinna will have to give the final ack.
Yaakov