X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:41:40 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: End of support for 9x Message-ID: <20080826074140.GG29104@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <015801c90686$08c19b20$67c864c0@andrew> <14CEE0B69DBDFC41A192613D8B4098CA08E27D8E@XCH-CORP.staktek.com> <20080825135604.GB29104@calimero.vinschen.de> <20080825141525.GC24477@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20080825153705.GC29104@calimero.vinschen.de> <20080825155518.GE29104@calimero.vinschen.de> <20080825173441.GC24956@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080825173441.GC24956@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Aug 25 13:34, Christopher Faylor wrote: > OTOH, if the 1.5.25 repository is truly static then I don't mind leaving > it on sourceware either. I just envision problems that will require > package updates and that means infrastructure to keep setup.ini > up-to-date. I'd rather just have that all handled by someone who cares > about this stuff and that's definitely not me. The idea was that 1.5.25 including its packages is basically not maintained anymore. It's just a courtesy for users of 9x. OTOH, if a maintainer really wants to support 9x users with a package update... but I guess we cross that bridge when we come to it. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/