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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: sqlite3-3.7.13-1
From: "Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:51:37 -0600
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On Mon, 2012-08-13 at 10:12 -0600, Warren Young wrote:
> This is a *test* version which reverts the patch added to 3.7.12.1-1, 
> which caused problems with Subversion as a side effect, particularly in 
> systems using non-Cygwin programs with their svn checkout trees.

And in so doing, removed several APIs which were added in 3.7.12.1,
breaking other packages which used them once they were made available.
Compatibility with Windows shouldn't come before backwards compatibility
for Cygwin packages.


Yaakov



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