Re: Trusted maintainer policy notes (draft for discussion) (was Re: [ATTN maintainer] libunistring 1.3 needed)

On 2026-01-24 11:10, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 24/01/2026 16:31, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> On 10/01/2026 12:54, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>> On 10/01/2026 04:51, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>>> On 09/01/2026 23:59, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> [...]
>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> With no response to this previous request, for a requirement to build 
>>>>> gettext under CI, and a new release 1.4.1 available upstream, would anyone 
>>>>> have an issue
>>>>> with my releasing an NMU?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not at all.
>>>>
>>>>> With NMU perms, can I push to libunistring main branch and deploy?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No idea.
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>> This probably needs better documenting, but for the moment [1].
>>>
>>> [1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-apps/2023-May/042910.html
>>
>>
>> I've summarized that email, along with a few others on a similar subject I've 
>> written, and given it a home at [1], in an effort to capture the kind of 
>> process I try to follow (most of the time).
>>
>> Please say if there's anything shocking, obviously missing or wrong there! Or 
>> if you have any comments, generally.
>>
>> [1] https://cygwin.com/packaging/trusted-maintainer-policy-manual.html
>>
> 
> it looks fine for me.
> 
> Only question about Alphabetic order, which one ?
> Today it seems an almost ASCII order where Uppercase and Lowercase
> are all considered Uppercase.
> 
> If I do a "sort" (LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8) and compare
> 
> @@@ -4136,8 +4137,8 @@
>   xtrans                                       @xorg
>   xvidcore                                     Takashi Yano
>   xwd                                          @xorg
> -xwin-xdg-menu                                Jon Turney
>   xwininfo                                     @xorg
> +xwin-xdg-menu                                Jon Turney
>   xwud                                         @xorg
>   xxdiff                                       ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)
>   xxhash                                       Marco Atzeri
> 
> the position of "-" and "_" seems different depending on the Local used
That seems to be similar to the order in setup.ini - strcasecmp or rpmvercmp?

How about the same order as installed.db - LC_ALL=C.UTF-8?

Otherwise anything goes - by maintainer -k2?

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

La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retrancher  but when there is no more to cut
                                 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry