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List:       cygwin-apps
Subject:    Re: [ITCoM] coreutils
From:       Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis () SystematicSw ! ab ! ca>
Date:       2022-05-04 14:11:00
Message-ID: c67a50aa-d515-6e4b-567b-7a2550b18a4e () SystematicSw ! ab ! ca
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On Wed May 4 11:25:44 GMT 2022, Jon Turney wrote:
> On 2022-05-04 01:49, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On May  2 23:15, Brian Inglis wrote:
> > > Eric Blake no longer seems to have free time available for Cygwin
> > > package upgrades, so I would like to offer to co-maintain
> > > coreutils and provide upgrades as they are now five years old.

> Done. Thanks.

> > > I would like to provide an upgrade to the final version 8 release
> > > 8.32, initially as a TEST release, before working on the latest
> > > release 9.1.
> > > Package sources and archives are available online at:
> > > https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1z_giKv3QIUbYvSNOiTtMMr644v-wOG_k
> > > and builds in playground from:
> > > https://cygwin.com/git-cygwin-packages/?p=git/cygwin-packages/playground.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/playground
> > > 

> Since it didn't already exist, I've created 
> git://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-packages/coreutils.git using a new tool
> I've been working on ('ctm2git') which synthesizes a git history of
> the packaging for a package from the source package history in the
> CTM.
> If that's not wanted, please let me know and I'll remove it.

That's really nice, thanks, I'll drop my two version playground.

> > > https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/jobs.cgi?srcpkg=playground&status=&user=Brian+Inglis&id=4119
> > >  https://github.com/cygwin/scallywag/actions/runs/2239985902
> > > The jobs appear to fail because some checks fail and return 
> > > non-zero status.
> > > Comparing checks between current and proposed releases and across
> > > x86/_64/CI jobs, there appear to be fewer failures despite more
> > > tests.
> > > All feedback is encouraged and gratefully received.

> > Thanks for picking up coreutils, which is not only by name a core
> > package.
> > I think this is at least worthy of a pink hippo ;)

Thanks, hopefully I can be worthy of *IT*!

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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