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List:       mingw-users
Subject:    Re: [Mingw-users] New Release of w32api
From:       Dave Murphy <wintermute2k4 () ntlworld ! com>
Date:       2006-11-20 17:40:44
Message-ID: 4561E89C.5030003 () ntlworld ! com
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Robert Riebisch wrote:
>> I've uploaded the changes to the mingw.ini and I've added the mingw.ini
>>     
>
> I see. My September (!) #1567841 was completely ignored. Sorry guys, but
> I don't like your patch handling policies. :-(
>   
Your patch definitely wasn't ignored. Unfortunately I had other 
commitments which prevented me finding a round tuit until recently. My 
next intention for the installer was to implement updates of the actual 
installer/updater executable via the SF mirror system so I wanted to get 
that in place before releasing a new version of the installer rather 
than just a minor update with the latest versions of the packages. I had 
already spoken to Earnie about the possibility of automating the 
deployment of the .ini file from CVS which would hopefully allow us to 
just commit a new ini file with updated package versions and have the 
installer "just work"TM.

SourceForge recently threw a spanner in the works by changing their 
download system so that the system I put together to parse for mirrors 
no longer works. This means my next priority has to be getting the 
installer working with their new system.
At first glance it looks as though SF have implemented their own mirror 
automation system which may actually be a blessing in disguise. I think 
we may need to get some more information on the new system though - when 
I first put together the mirror parsing system I raised a support ticket 
asking if there was any recommended way to go about obtaining a mirror 
list from SF. The reply was "We don't provide any APIs or interfaces for 
generating this sort of content." and they closed the ticket - see 
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1338365&group_id=1&atid=200001

I can only apologise if you felt ignored, sometimes circumstances work 
against us and we can't always deal with patches, bug reports and 
feature requests as quickly as we'd like.

Dave


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