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Subject:	Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Advance notice: Remove regex package on
	2001-02-07
From:	Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To:	Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
Cc:	Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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On Fri, 2002-01-25 at 09:02, Charles Wilson wrote:
> To sum up: I think you should release "regex-4.4-3" that only contains 
> /usr/bin/cygregex.dll -- and nothing else. (this guarantees that new 
> packages cannot acquire a dependency on cygregex).  And then just let it 
> sit for several months, so that the "Bob's" of the world have a 
> reasonable amount of time to recompile their stuff.

I concur.
Rob


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