From: raf AT comdyn DOT com DOT au (raf) Subject: Re: cygwin32-b18, coolview, mingw32... 11 Feb 1998 21:44:04 -0800 Message-ID: <199802120141.MAA16871.cygnus.gnu-win32@mali.comdyn.com.au> To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Fergus Henderson wrote: >On 10-Feb-1998, Geoffrey Noer wrote: >> Fergus Henderson wrote: >> [...] >> > It is very very confusing of them to use "b" in the registry version >> > numbers, and to make the registry version numbers similar to the >> > release numbers (much better to start at something completely >> > different, e.g. 1000). >> >> Yep, I agree completely. Is it worth invalidating prior mount points >> just to change the version string though? I'm not convinced it is. >> Next time we do need to change the registry in an incompatible way, >> I will definitely remove the "b" from the registry version string. >As mentioned in another thread, hopefully the registry handling code >will soon be changed to use HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE rather than HKEY_CURRENT_USER. >That might be a good time to make this change. as i understood it, what was mentioned in that other thread was not replacing HKEY_CURRENT_USER with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE but having both with HKEY_CURRENT_USER overriding or adding to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. that way, not all users have to use the same mounts that their administrator prefers. although this probably isn't a big issue. raf - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".