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Re: Debug of Test 15 (cgf input needed)
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 03:43:33PM -0700, Enoch Wu wrote:
>On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 02:58:13PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>Sometimes sources are not easy to get. Chris, is there a turf issue?
>>
>>Huh? I have no idea what you're asking.
>>
>>What does "sources are not easy to get" mean? AFAIK, you should be
>>able to either download snapshot sources or (preferred) check out the
>>sources via cvs.
>
>Chris, I am over generalizing. I found the XFree86 sources everywhere.
>
>I was thinking about the setup.exe listing -- there are many "n/a" when
>I clicked the "download the source files". I'm under the impression
>that if they are GPL'ed, then the C source files are available for
>anyone who wants to enhance them and release them in the same GPL
>spirit.
Remember this is a Red Hat sponsored activity. What is Red Hat famous for?
Open Source. The sources for every single Cygwin utility are available in
the same directory as the binary. I wouldn't have it any other way, if
for no other reason, than it is the law in most cases.
The only time I've ever seen the 'n/a' next to a utility is when I'm
installing from a local directory where the sources don't exist.
Regardless, if someone is building cygwin from source they should be
using CVS or a very recent snapshot. CVS preferred.
cgf