From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24613 invoked by alias); 24 Jul 2008 03:45:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 24602 invoked by uid 22791); 24 Jul 2008 03:45:14 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (HELO py-out-1112.google.com) (64.233.166.177) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:44:50 +0000 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id w53so1521461pyg.25 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:44:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.44.5 with SMTP id w5mr125454qbj.65.1216871088292; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:44:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.101? ( [24.76.249.6]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k30sm10349003qba.4.2008.07.23.20.44.46 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:44:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4887FAAD.4050804@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:45:00 -0000 From: "Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: New Cygwin 1.7.0-18 in release-2 References: <20080717155516.GC5675@calimero.vinschen.de> <48851EE2.9030202@users.sourceforge.net> <20080722093225.GA15895@calimero.vinschen.de> <48876999.3050208@users.sourceforge.net> <20080723180000.GA5251@calimero.vinschen.de> In-Reply-To: <20080723180000.GA5251@calimero.vinschen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 2008-07/txt/msg00113.txt.bz2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Corinna Vinschen wrote: | I'd be happy if even the most important packages have been rebuilt for | 1.7. So far the reactions from the package maintainers were somewhat | reticent. I know I've been holding back because of the apparent difficulties in transitioning between versions (even one way, not to mention back-and-forth), and until recently the uncertainty as to the timeframe for 1.7. I am at the point that I am ready to consider switching, however. | I'm still rather trying to smooth out the upgrade path so that there | are as little as possible manual changes left to the user. It will | be bumpy nevertheless... IOW you want to leave upgrading in the same root a possibility. Is it really worth it? | The problem so far is the "Cygnus Solutions" registry key and the | default name of the cygwin dir, C:\cygwin. When you try to install | 1.7, both shouldn't exist. So what I did is this: I understand the registry key is due to setup. But what's the problem with C:\cygwin? | We *really* need a new setup for 1.7 which doesn't access the "Cygnus | Solutions" registry key anymore. Agreed, **ASAP**. Yaakov -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkiH+q0ACgkQpiWmPGlmQSPHKQCg4CVTKqvlFcMoMedsx3DdO2W7 ErUAoN1WMf9kucpPgh/IBGhf/5PFtvLM =77Hl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----