Mail Archives: cygwin/2009/08/10/16:44:21
On 08/10/2009 04:07 PM, Ralph Hempel wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 02:54:28PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>>> On 08/10/2009 12:44 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> And there's no way back after an update. But as I noted in my zillion
>>>> (apparently unread) test announcements, it's no problem to run 1.5 and
>>>> 1.7 installations in separate directories side-by-side.
>>> I don't know about anyone else, but I plan to run 1.5 and 1.7 together.
>>> That will give me, effectively, Cygwin 3.2, which I can't wait to try
>>> out! At least I think that's what Corinna's announcements said... ;-)
>>
>> Good point but I think Corinna's announcement said something about
>> formatting my hard drive so I'm not even going to think about installing
>> Cygwin 7.1 until I get a new computer.
>
> I just got a new computer - and it doesn't even have switches on the
> front panel. I am so disappointed.
<interrupts frantic flipping of switches>
What? No switches on new computers? What kind of progress is that?
> Wait a minute - what's this about Cygwin 7.1? Is that the new version
> for Windows 7?
I think Chris is confused... or mean. I get those two mixed up. But I
heard a rumor that MS is secretly using Cygwin 1.7 in Windows 7...
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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