X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:14:27 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Breach of GPL? Message-ID: <20060811191427.GA32661@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20060811175415 DOT GC7503 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 08:20:39PM +0200, ?yvind Harboe wrote: >On 8/11/06, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 01:46:57PM +0200, ?yvind Harboe wrote: >>>- They have some partial old version of Cygwin with Nios 5.0/6.0. This >>>causes havoc because Cygwin (sadly) does not support side-by-side >>>installs. >> >>And, happily, it does not need to. Just use the latest version of >>Cygwin. For what you are describing, you only need one Cygwin >>installation on your system. > >Your position on this issue is famous. :-) It's a little more than a position. However, I won't go into the litany of reasons why it's a bad idea (just like having multiple copies of kernel32.dll or user32.dll is a bad idea*) since no one ever wants to talk about those. >Personally, I disagree. It think Cygwin should allow side-by-side installs. Usually, people who think this is necessary are coming from a situation where they haven't really thought about things too much but it just seems to them like there should be no good reason why they can't have multiple copies of the Cygwin DLL whereever they feel like putting them since that seems to be what is most convenient. Unfortunately, having a strong desire for something without evincing a clear understanding of the ramifications and tradeoffs doesn't translate into a strong position for bringing about change. I'm saying this not as a criticism of your one sentence above, since you obviously aren't arguing for anything, just stating an opinion. However, often, when this issue is raised, there are people who come out of the woodwork to forcefully express their desires in long email treatises which are big on "it seems to me" but short on technical understanding. FWIW it seems to *me* that situations like what has been foisted on you by Altera couldn't be considered to be good for anyone. cgf *Sorry. That was just one example, not a litany. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/