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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:23:34 -0600
From: wayne <wayne AT reliant DOT immure DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.21-1
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Reply-To: Wayne Willcox <wayne AT reliant DOT immure DOT com>
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In-Reply-To: <20030313165328.GB32644@redhat.com>; from cgf-cygwin@cygwin.com on Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:53:28AM -0500
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On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:53:28AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:48:33AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> ><http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC> ;-)
> >	Igor
> 
> Agh, no.  This isn't a PTC situation.
> 
> Requiring specific cygwin releases is not a path we want to go down.
> How many times does it have to be said?  The cygwin1.dll name doesn't
> change because it is supposed to always *work*.  If you require a
> specific release you're making a mistake.
I already have a issue with the latest release that is why I mentioned
it.  the previous release works with the application (a deamon) under
development but the current release does not.
I agree that it should be compatiable but the app I am working on
has to work and my bosses would prefer that we have a standard 
release that is tested and is known to work with our tools and
code.  This does not seem to be unresonable to me.  I really 
did not want to get into this it just seemed like a nice
thing to have.   I will make our own repository and install from
there instead but it would have been nice thing to tell my boss.

> 
> And, of course, you (wayne) know about the GPL, right?  If you do decide
> to make a release based on an old version of cygwin, you'll have GPL
> issues to consider.
I am not making a release of cygwin... no time for that.  I am working
on a internal use only test deamon for windows.  So GPL should
not be an issue.

<snip>

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