notice of package removal: gcc2-2.95-*

notice of package removal: gcc2-2.95-*

[Christopher Faylor]

I don't have the time or the inclination to support gcc 2.95 (aka the
gcc2 package).  That fact wasn't a really big deal until David
Billinghurst pointed out that the package contained a serious flaw.  So,
rather than subject people to a broken g++, I will be end-of-lifing the
gcc2 package next week unless someone steps forward to claim package
maintainership.

This means I will remove the package from sources.redhat.com and it
will no longer be available for download via setup.exe.

If you are interested in maintaining this package, please send email
to cygwin-apps.  Serious inquries only, please, i.e.  no "I have never
built a package before and don't really know C but if you are available
to step me through ever individual step required, I might do it if it
isn't too hard."

If you have questions or comments not related to volunteering for
maintainership, please send them to the Cygwin mailing list: 
see <http://cygwin.com/list.html>.

Oh, and I probably have to say that the gcc 3.3.1 package will still be
available.

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package removed: gcc2-2.95-*

[Christopher Faylor]

As previously stated, I have now removed gcc2 from the distribution on
sources.redhat.com.  It will disappear from mirrors shortly, I'm sure.

Please send complaints to dev-null@cygwin.com.

On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 01:12:01AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>I don't have the time or the inclination to support gcc 2.95 (aka the
>gcc2 package).  That fact wasn't a really big deal until David
>Billinghurst pointed out that the package contained a serious flaw.  So,
>rather than subject people to a broken g++, I will be end-of-lifing the
>gcc2 package next week unless someone steps forward to claim package
>maintainership.
>
>This means I will remove the package from sources.redhat.com and it
>will no longer be available for download via setup.exe.
>
>If you are interested in maintaining this package, please send email
>to cygwin-apps.  Serious inquries only, please, i.e.  no "I have never
>built a package before and don't really know C but if you are available
>to step me through ever individual step required, I might do it if it
>isn't too hard."
>
>If you have questions or comments not related to volunteering for
>maintainership, please send them to the Cygwin mailing list: 
>see <http://cygwin.com/list.html>.
>
>Oh, and I probably have to say that the gcc 3.3.1 package will still be
>available.
>
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