Paul Wise schreef:
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Sjors Gielen <mailinglist@dazjorz.com> wrote:As I understand it, ReactOS is an operating system you can run Cygwin on. Why would I include the kernel? I'd say users of ReactOS can fetch Cygwin or Debian-kCygwin in the same way as Win32 users would. Right?Without it you can't put Cygwin in main since it would depend on non-free software.
I'm trying to see how ReactOS would change that. I mean - Compiling using PE does not actually link in non-free code, and dynamic libraries are loaded in during runtime, not load-time. If ReactOS is binary compatible, the DLL names should be the same. Is it just the idea of me doing the project on ReactOS that makes the Debian-Cygwin project "more free", or does it really make a difference on wether Cygwin depends on Windows specifically?
Bernd Zeimetz schreef: > Paul Wise wrote: > >> Without it you can't put Cygwin in main since it would depend on >> non-free software. >> > > uhm nobody was talking about putting cygwin into the archive, if I > understand it right.Well in the end, it's a port, so once it's done (read: usable) it may move into the Debian archive. By then, there will be a seperate Debian package containing the Cygwin tools and dlls.
Sjors