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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: "Brian Ford" <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cygwin gcc 3.4 and cygwin
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 18:19:58 -0000
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Brian Ford wrote:
> I thought I had a legitimate concern and question, not one that
> deserved "just" a sarcastic response.

Yes, it was sarcastic, but don't take it personally. Chris is *busy* and
this is quite a minor issue.

> It would be easy to accendentally release things for Cygwin that are
> ABI incompatible with Cygwin's gcc.

structs containing doubles aren't a hugely common feature. Besides, I think
Chris knows what he is doing.

> Why do we persist this way?  I would be happy to do the necessary leg
> work to make vanilla gcc the same as Cygwin gcc.

Great! Go on then! ;-)

> With Redhat's influence on the free software world, I would think,
> mistakenly, I guess, that Cygwin local patches would be short-lived,
> migrating relatively quickly back to the official sources.  What is
> wrong with this assumption?

Redhat != Cygwin.



Max.


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