Mail Archives: cygwin/2000/10/13/20:44:05
This sounds like the right approach to me, It has my vote.
John Velman
DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>@sources.redhat.com on 10/13/2000 12:25:02 PM
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Subject: RFC: linux compatibility
One of the ongoing discussions about cygwin is which "unix" to be
compatible with. There are a number of specifications (ansi, posix,
x/open etc) and reference platforms (solaris, linux, etc) to choose
from.
Given that Cygnus (official sponsors of Cygwin) has recently been
acquired by Red Hat (leading Linux company), I would like to propose
that the target compatibility reference be Linux. Note I didn't say
"Red Hat Linux" although that's the only Linux *I* have ;-)
Being compatible with Linux has a number of options:
* We can avoid lengthy discussions about what to be compatible with.
* Applications that run on Linux can more easily be ported to Cygwin.
* The Red Hat Cygwin group is much more likely to get official support :)
This, of course, doesn't mean we're giving up any of the
cygwin-specific stuff (mount tables, crlf handling, etc). A specific
example of something that would change is the handling of the
time/timezone API, which is currently SYSV-style whereas Linux is
BSD-style.
At this point I'd like to ask for feedback about this idea. Please
don't turn it into a holy war - facts are good, guesses are bad.
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