Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Message-ID: <00d701c13c8f$03422160$391e10ac@dmonknt>
From: "David Monk" <david AT purplebear DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <20010913160206 DOT 12047 DOT qmail AT web20006 DOT mail DOT yahoo DOT com> <001601c13c6e$befa5330$391e10ac AT dmonknt> <20010913132946 DOT A13823 AT redhat DOT com>
Subject: Re: frivolous naming suggestion
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:02:27 -0500
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200

> The Cygwin net release process is more related to Linus's release of
> kernels than to Red Hat's release of commercial packages.
>
> AFAIK, Linus does not code name his releases.
>
> Since Red Hat does not really release a commercial product called
> "Cygwin", I think that the analogy doesn't really holds up.

 I get that the actual cygwin1.dll is similar to just the Linux kernel that
Linus releases. But would you not consider the Cygwin net release as a type
of UNIX-like distribution to a degree? Especially since it is a compilation
of many packages. It seems it would make since to have "kernel" (dll)
updates, but also full net distribution releases.

Just a thought.

David Monk



--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/