X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=mBseI b77bwure/o6niip877dKWY2CsWVkMlX69fe6EuQ2YsvZ9eH4JQJ0kZVEQWCJOw1o 60FMNk21Ml2CNFiz9q1dbX2ng5eHIvgFsCtaJTwpS74cuUsG1cl4v6j8/4E36YMF a8KDPm93ncxTfxGC2ypgKXP/ovWWGFcbcs3mWU= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type; s=default; bh=3qZBqtLMytA 5lyvdvE/+qbNDwco=; b=kAjoGVYXAASeQfp+P2GX8JjhqSo4nQPnYGDivqIn00R sgh7MBxgYIl9dlrtTIXBtSTQTLcLVzu4ef3ArbhCP+LrhxQZDa63egErLjQc00Wj b8OizWsSPFBCQRXLftUNRjjGkbjAGoP8ng1RE67KDNffnURkUQ15iWpmQ7y444ac = Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,SPF_PASS,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: ripple.fruitbat.org Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 12:59:37 -0700 (PDT) From: "Peter A. Castro" To: Cygwin List Subject: Re: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Early Deprecation Notice: Windows XP and Server 2003 support In-Reply-To: <55DE5A23.9080406@acarver.net> Message-ID: References: <55DE5A23 DOT 9080406 AT acarver DOT net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-IsSubscribed: yes On Wed, 26 Aug 2015, AC wrote: > Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 17:30:27 -0700 > From: AC > Subject: Re: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Early Deprecation Notice: Windows XP and > Server 2003 support > > On 2015-08-26 06:56, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: >> On 26 August 2015 at 07:42, Andrey Repin wrote: >>> Greetings, Stephen John Smoogen! >>> >>>>> Anyway, on the topic: All I could ask is to give us a notice when the final >>>>> build for XP is available, so that we could prepare own mirrors. >>> >>>> You will need more than mirrors. You will need to set up a parallel >>>> stack of builders and other tools because this will be a fork of >>>> anything compiled against Cygwin from then on. You will also need to >>>> look at how you are handling any bugs or problems utilities have in >>>> rebuilding (but that is a longer term issue). Having had to do this in >>>> the past, it will be better if you try to call this something >>>> different. The reason being is that if you keep the name then when a >>>> support ticket comes in from a user with Cygwin is it yours.. is it >>>> the one they downloaded from the main site.. is it a version in >>>> between? >>> >>> You're misunderstanding my daily use of Cygwin. I'm not compiling anything, >>> not cygwin-related anyway. >>> I'm using it as a bridging gap between sane scripting abilities of dash/make >>> and insane requirements of compiling tools such as BRCC. >>> And since Vista+ doesn't have support for 16-bit subsystem, I need XP VM to >>> compile my projects. >>> >> >> Ah ok. If it is just a one man operation then an archive of the trees >> at a certain time are all that is needed. If you have a large Windows >> XP environment you are rolling out something to then you need to make >> sure you can compile and deal with the 'forked' version... which I am >> guessing that some segment of XP admins have to do. >> > > Is there a document somewhere that can describe this process of making a > mirror? I have two XP machines that I won't be able to upgrade and I > just want to make sure I can reinstall Cygwin packages if needed. There is one other alternative to having your own historical mirror that I will plug: the Cygwin Time Machine It is a constant archive of all versions of Cygwin going back to 2002 (32-bit) and 2013 (64-bit), added to daily as newer versions of Cygwin are released. Works with the standard Setup install tool. -- --=> Peter A. Castro Email: doctor at fruitbat dot org / Peter dot Castro at oracle dot com "Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple