Re: [DotGNU]PNet 0.6.4 - Windows package

[Maciek]

Thank you, but I simply don't have the time or resources to distribute 
Cygwin sources, that's why I'll refrain from further package 
contributions; I'm afraid it'll cause you more (legal) trouble than it's 
worth.

I'll definitely look into the issue with --disable-cygwin, after all 
it's limited to few scenarios only, e.g. compiling C sources. After 
that, I was considering starting work on mscoree.dll replacement 
(coremul), I'm too lazy to type 'ilrun.exe app.exe' every time :)

Rhys Weatherley wrote:

> On Thursday 18 March 2004 03:17 pm, Maciek wrote:
>
> > I'm sorry, I'm afraid it'll be best to just remove the Windows packages.
> > I didn't want to put the unnecessary burden of distributing Cygwin
> > source upon you. I will not make any more PNet packages in the future.
>
>
> This distribution technicality issue has gotten a little out of hand.  We 
> definitely appreciate the work that you've done on the pnet packages and I 
> don't want you to get discouraged.
>
> The reason why Cygwin is currently the default in pnet is that a bit of work 
> is still needed to complete the --disable-cygwin mode.  In particular, many 
> of the functions in "pnet/support" need to be ported to non-Cygwin mode.  
> There may also be a few things in "pnet/engine" that need updating too.
>
> If someone with good Windows programming experience could address this issue 
> for the next release, then we'll turn off Cygwin1.dll permanently and solve 
> this problem once and for all.  Treecc already uses --disable-cygwin by 
> default, and there's no reason why pnet cannot also.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rhys.
>
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