Re: [ITA] bzip2-1.0.8 (updated with pkg-config support)

Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps <[email protected]> Sat, 4 Oct 2025 13:46:05 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.os.cygwin.applications
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On 03/10/2025 17:45, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 13/08/2025 18:20, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> On 28/07/2025 16:03, Carlo B. via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> thank you very much for your reply and the tip.
>>> I will try to use the [PATCH package] notation in the future.
>>>
>>> However, I used [ITA] into the subject and not [ITP].
>>> Perhaps I had understood wrong, but according to this page:
>>>
>>> https://cygwin.com/packaging-contributors-guide.html
>>>
>>> the [ITA] acronym can be used to provide for "Updating or adopting an
>>> orphaned package", as the title says.
>>> Perhaps the description into the above paragraph should be splitted in
>>> "Adopting an orphaned package" and "Updating an existing package".
>>> However, that's not a problem, at least for me, I can use the most
>>> suitable text for the purpose ;)
>>
>> Hmm... and I thought I doubled checked that. I'll try with my glasses 
>> on next time :)
>>
>> I see what you mean about the existing wording. I think that's meant 
>> to be an inclusive-or, though. I'll try to adjust it to make things 
>> clearer.
>>
> 
> Jon, Carlo,
> 
> sorry for dropping the ball on my packages.
> 
> I see on git that the patch is included, but the package is still
> 
> bzip2                                      1.0.8-1
> 
> that was released by Yaakov.
> I assume you will appreciate a 1.0.8-2 ?

It seems like I built a 1.0.8-2 and then left it at test status.

(I guess I meant to do some testing and then remove that, but forgot 
about it...)