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Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 21:54:19 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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In-reply-to: <20000522214900.A15450@cygnus.com> (message from Chris Faylor on
	Mon, 22 May 2000 21:49:00 -0400)
Subject: Re: Next net release will be 1.1.3
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> The theory that people using snapshots know what they are doing was
> disproved long ago.  I initially wanted the snapshots to be only
> used by developers but that never really caught on.

I can fix this, but it will annoy the developers too.  Of course, they
should be building out of CVS anyway :-)

> >That's a good idea.  I, however, think "1.1.1+20000522" should be in
> >place of "1.1.2".
> 
> The snapshot date has been part of the dll for some time:

OK, let me ask a different question.  If a user is using a snapshot,
and you later ask them "what version of cygwin1.dll are you using?",
where do you expect them to get the answer to that?  And, can we
change *that* spot to tell them it's a snapshot?