From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19888 invoked by alias); 14 Apr 2008 14:36:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 19869 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Apr 2008 14:36:50 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pool-72-74-94-32.bstnma.fios.verizon.net (HELO ednor.cgf.cx) (72.74.94.32) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:36:33 +0000 Received: by ednor.cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id 9ADB02B352; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:36:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:36:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] Let's start a Cygwin 1.7 release area Message-ID: <20080414143631.GB18398@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <20080411151333.GO23852@calimero.vinschen.de> <480014A9.62EF4E0F@dessent.net> <20080412113540.GD23852@calimero.vinschen.de> <20080412122232.GE23852@calimero.vinschen.de> <4800AF02.DC1B3AF5@dessent.net> <20080412151515.GG23852@calimero.vinschen.de> <48013F76.4D6B8FFC@dessent.net> <20080413094246.GJ23852@calimero.vinschen.de> <20080413193513.GA13302@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20080414095628.GA4069@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080414095628.GA4069@calimero.vinschen.de> 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/msg00188.txt.bz2 On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:56:28AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Apr 13 15:35, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 11:42:46AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> >We would need to transfer them to the new place or we stick to the >> >"Cygnus Solutions" for backward compatibility. I'm not sure we still >> >need the Program Options thingy. I never heard about anybody actually >> >using heap_slop_in_mb and only fortran programmers seem to need >> >heap_chunk_in_mb :) >> >> I use Program Options (since I invented it) but I'm probably the only >> person in the known universe to do so. > >Are you suggesting to remove the Program Options? I admit I never quite >understood what to do with them which I couldn't put into a script. ? "Program Options" are not intended to be put in a script. They are intended to be set once to cygwin environment variable settings and then forgotten. It's somewhat equivalent to setting a global cygwin environment variable and could be used to set a per-system or per-user policy. >>>I'm all for changing the name from "Cygnus Solutions" to "Red Hat", but >>>OTOH I think keeping the name of the key is more hassle free. >> >>Can't it just be "Cygwin" rather than "Cygnus Solutions" or "Red Hat"? > >By definition the key under the Software key is supposed to be the >company name, the next key is the product key, os it should contain the >"Red Hat" *iff* we change it. I'm not sure, though, we should change >it at all. Yes, I know. I just don't think it clarifies anything to put a "Red Hat" in the registry. cgf