X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4C784DA7.2060202@cwilson.fastmail.fm> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:43:35 -0400 From: Charles Wilson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20090812 Thunderbird/2.0.0.23 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Cygwin Mailing List Subject: Re: How/Where do I get an older version of Cygwin? References: <4C76BA95.3070201@coastside.net> <4C76BF63.9000109@cygwin.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 8/27/2010 7:05 PM, Peter A. Castro wrote: > On Fri, 27 Aug 2010, Andy Koppe wrote: >> Question: would anyone miss the "Prev" button if it were to disappear? > > Yes, I, for one, would miss it. While it may give a "random collection > of old packages", for packages that are actively maintained it does give > you the ability to revert to the previous version that is/was working > when the "current" version either does not do what you want or, in some > cases, breaks what you already had working. For that reason alone, the > "Prev" has value. Peter, I think you're misinterpreting Andy's proposal. He's not talking about the ability to click on the 'spinner' icon, to cycle thru various versions of a specific package. He's talking about the 'Prev' radio button, which can have VERY unexpected results. It reverts EVERY package that you have installed to the prev version of that package -- not just a single package whose current version may be giving you temporary difficulties. -- Chuck -- 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