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From: | Devin Nate <devin DOT nate AT cloudwerx DOT com> |
To: | Eric Blake <eblake AT redhat DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Which version of cygwin 'rock solid' |
Date: | Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:18:24 +0000 |
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Thank you Eric, I've sent in a ticket to Red Hat Sales based on your advice. On Aug 17, 2012, at 7:46 PM, "Eric Blake" <eblake AT redhat DOT com> wrote: > On 08/17/2012 04:13 PM, Devin Nate wrote: >> My question, of the Cygwin users (or developers), which version would you select if your goal was maximum stability? > > If I were worried about maximum stability, I would buy a Red Hat support > contract rather than relying on upstream cygwin. (For that matter, if > you get cygwin1.dll from Red Hat, it will be 1.even.x, instead of the > cygwin.com 1.odd.x numbering scheme). > > Reading http://cygwin.com/licensing.html links you to: > https://www.redhat.com/services/custom/cygwin/ > > [In actuality, my own use of Windows is NOT mission critical, so I have > no personal experience with how a Red Hat support contract works. And > an obligatory disclaimer: even though my email address is at redhat.com, > my day job is in a different department and my work on cygwin is on my > personal time] > > -- > Eric Blake eblake AT redhat DOT com +1-919-301-3266 > Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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