X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <4C76BA95.3070201@coastside.net> <4C76BF63.9000109@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:57:27 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How/Where do I get an older version of Cygwin? From: Gregg Levine To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Karl M <> wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:08:58 +0100 >> Subject: Re: How/Where do I get an older version of Cygwin? >> From: andy >> To: cygwin >> >> I'd recommend against using the "Prev" button. It gives you a rather >> random collection of old packages, where some are years older than the >> current one and others just a couple of weeks. There's no guarantee >> that those disparate versions will actually work together properly, in >> fact, it's very likely that things will break. It sure doesn't get >> tested. >> >> Going back to the previous version of a particular package is useful >> when there's a regression in the latest version, but doing the same >> across the whole distro, not so much. Cygwin 1.5 and setup-legacy.exe >> is the way to go if you want something old and unsupported that >> actually works. >> >> Question: would anyone miss the "Prev" button if it were to disappear? >> > I agree with eliminating it. > > ...Karl > > -- Hello! I agree! ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." -- 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