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On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 5:50 PM L A Walsh <cygwin AT tlinx DOT org> wrote:
>         Really I don't see a compelling reason there should be
> any hurry to update.  In my own testing, I've been unable to
> build a version that doesn't crash/dump core on linux and don't
> really think the 5.x series has had a thorough vetting such
> that it would be regarded as being as stable as 4.3/4.4.

fyi, we've been using bash 5.1 in MSYS2 for 2-3 months now without any issues.

regards
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