From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8820 invoked by alias); 9 Apr 2008 12:16:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 8807 invoked by uid 22791); 9 Apr 2008 12:16:19 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:16:02 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 8BEF06D4312; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:15:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:16:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] Let's start a Cygwin 1.7 release area Message-ID: <20080409121559.GA15549@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <20080408162646.GC23852@calimero.vinschen.de> <20080408172646.GA2089@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20080408174013.GD23852@calimero.vinschen.de> <20080408184148.GA2448@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20080408210726.GA7867@calimero.vinschen.de> <47FBE090.E3FAC05E@dessent.net> <20080408214608.GA8083@calimero.vinschen.de> <47FBFF63.3D2474FD@dessent.net> <20080409082646.GF23852@calimero.vinschen.de> <47FCB20D.DACDC9FA@dessent.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47FCB20D.DACDC9FA@dessent.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2008-04/txt/msg00114.txt.bz2 On Apr 9 05:09, Brian Dessent wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > Yes. I'm just wondering if we could do without the final rename of the > > directories. The Cygwin release area isn't that small, > 4 Gigs. A > > simple top-level directory rename will force all mirrors world-wide to > > copy the whole area. Twice, because we will have two release areas. > > > > If that's a minor concern, we do as above. Otherwise, I'd suggest to > > create a "release-2" area and to update just setup.exe accordingly. > > We can still rename the .ini files without renaming the directory trees, > it's all just a matter of how the upset cron job runs. I'm not sure if > that really buys any clarity, but what it does do is allow us to "swap > in" the entire staging area atomically once 1.7 is released. Otherwise, > only users who updated their setup.exe would ever see the 1.7 release. > I can almost see the email messages now: "Is Cygwin dead? I haven't > seen a new release of the DLL or any updated packages in the last > months?!?!" Ok, let's decide about renaming directories at some later point. For now, I will just create a second dir for the 1.7 test release. Last call for the right name: release-ng release-2 release-2008 release-1.7 My favorite would be release-2. It has nothing to do with the DLL version number, it's just release 2 of the net distro. I will happily use any other name as long as we can agree to take off in the next days. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat