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Subject:	Re: frivolous naming suggestion
Date:	Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:02:27 -0500
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> The Cygwin net release process is more related to Linus's release of
> kernels than to Red Hat's release of commercial packages.
>
> AFAIK, Linus does not code name his releases.
>
> Since Red Hat does not really release a commercial product called
> "Cygwin", I think that the analogy doesn't really holds up.

 I get that the actual cygwin1.dll is similar to just the Linux kernel that
Linus releases. But would you not consider the Cygwin net release as a type
of UNIX-like distribution to a degree? Especially since it is a compilation
of many packages. It seems it would make since to have "kernel" (dll)
updates, but also full net distribution releases.

Just a thought.

David Monk



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