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Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:48:47 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: merging mingw and cygwin
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On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Edward Peschko wrote:

> And anyways, the version numbers in itself are enough to warrant a
> merge. Coordinate releases of mingw and cygwin, and the version issues
> go away.
>
Cygwin itself doesn't "coordinate releases".  By that I mean Cygwin,
w32api, gcc, mingw gcc, etc. are never release together as a package.
Each is updated on its own schedule.

If you want a "distribution", and it has been discussed before (see the
archives), start your own.

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