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Subject: Re: Making a Cygwin 3.5.8 release? Fwd: All sparse file fixes
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Please retry with latest test 3.6 as it is scheduled to be promoted to current 
stable in the next few weeks.

On 2025-02-20 06:58, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote:
> Given that updating to Cygwin 3.6 broke LOTS of scripts and
> applications here, and therefore seems to be MONTHS away from being
> usable,  it'll be nice to put fac7441835b00d3b9a8252538bcf54c441c3841e
> on the 3.5-branch and make a Cygwin 3.5.8 release.


> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 at 19:36, Cedric Blancher wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 at 11:54, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
>> On Feb 18 07:59, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote:
>>> Are all sparse file fixes in MAIN available in the cygwin-3_5-branch
>>> branch too, except
>>> https://cygwin.com/git/?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=commit;h=fac7441835b00d3b9a8252538bcf54c441c3841e
>>> which seems to be still missing
>>
>> Will stay missing in the 3.5 branch.
> 
> That would leave the 3.5-branch with BROKEN sparse file support
> 
>> Next release will be 3.6.0.
> 
> Well, lots of stuff does not work on 3.6 yet, so I am not sure whether
> a 3.5.8 with fac7441835b00d3b9a8252538bcf54c441c3841e might be better

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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