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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:54:11 -0700
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According to Javier on 2/11/2010 1:07 AM:
>> I believe actually made a conscious decision not to alter
>> the arguments when
>> I first wrote select().  However, times have changed
>> so it probably makes
>> sense to alter it to be more linux-like now.
>>
>> I'll look into doing that.
>=20
> Can we expect it to be patched in next version? Any plans to release next=
 version soon?

And on the converse, any plans to fix the non-portable assumption in your
code that the timeout parameter will be altered?  All the world is not
Linux.  That said, yes, there has been talk of releasing cygwin 1.7.2 when
a few more things stabilize.  And with all open source projects, the
answer includes the caveat: the release will be sooner if you submit patche=
s.

--=20
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net


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