Re: new port: debian-win32. when ?
Ionutz Borcoman writes:
> I have recently start to play with cygwin and friends. For the moment I
> haven't compile much, but I'm still trying. My final goal is to compile
> vdk (one of my packages) under Win32 :)
>
> Looking on the cygnus site I have seen the rpm for Win32. There are also
> perl5, automake, autoconf and betas for XFree. What about a new port of
> debian, for Win32, using the Cygwin ?
Julian Gilbey writes:
> On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 07:55:09AM +0000, Ionutz Borcoman wrote:
> [Porting Debian to Win32]
>
> 2. Debian will not provide a distribution to run on a non-free OS when
> there are free OSes available. We've discussed this before; check
> the archives.
That's true for the Debian project. But a 3rd party may choose to use
Debian as a base to a cygwin port. Indeed I was already suggested
this...
--
Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org> | Why make M$-Bill richer & richer ?
debian-email: <dirson@debian.org> | Support Debian GNU/Linux:
| Cheaper, more Powerful, more Stable !
http://www.altern.org/ydirson/ | Check <http://www.debian.org/>
Reply to: