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Subject:	RE: release or release-2?
Date:	Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:46:54 +0100
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Nick Booker wrote on 09 September 2008 12:00:

> Hi.
> 
> I make monthly DVD images of the Cygwin packages and have noticed that
> the images are over 7GB in size -- much larger than will fit on a
> single-layer DVD.
> 
> The mirror I am using is
> rsync.mirrorservice.org::sourceware.org/pub/cygwin/.
> I notice that there are two packages directories on the mirror: release
> and release-2.
> Are they both necessary for an installation of Cygwin from CD?
> If not, which one should I be downloading?

  "release-2" is for the upcoming and currently-experimental new Cygwin 1.7
series.  For day-to-day production use, you just want "release".

    cheers,
      DaveK
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