From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 118567 invoked by alias); 3 Aug 2016 18:28:15 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 118556 invoked by uid 89); 3 Aug 2016 18:28:14 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Hx-languages-length:851, reinstall, singles X-HELO: mail-in-09.arcor-online.net Received: from mail-in-09.arcor-online.net (HELO mail-in-09.arcor-online.net) (151.189.21.49) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (CAMELLIA256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 03 Aug 2016 18:28:04 +0000 Received: from mail-in-05-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-05-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.17]) by mx.arcor.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3s4M4w1Qy5zC1rd for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2016 20:28:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-in-15.arcor-online.net (mail-in-15.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.55]) by mail-in-05-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D36011685E for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2016 20:28:00 +0200 (CEST) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-15.arcor-online.net 3s4M4w0RcRz3hgX Received: from Gertrud (p54B7FBB0.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.183.251.176]) (Authenticated sender: stromeko@arcor.de) by mail-in-15.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3s4M4w0RcRz3hgX for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2016 20:27:59 +0200 (CEST) From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [PATCH setup 00/10] Various setup patches References: <20160802153037.125216-1-jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> <87oa5az5t0.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <20160803083502.GB7388@calimero.vinschen.de> <87k2fyyyby.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <20160803173949.GB25811@calimero.vinschen.de> Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2016 18:28:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20160803173949.GB25811@calimero.vinschen.de> (Corinna Vinschen's message of "Wed, 3 Aug 2016 19:39:49 +0200") Message-ID: <87ziotso5w.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2016-08/txt/msg00031.txt.bz2 Corinna Vinschen writes: >> That would be either supplemental files with the hashes or some new .lst >> format which could/should use a different extension anyway since the >> transition period will be long. > > Why? The transition period can be very much shortened if we do what > I wrote above. People tend to not re-install their whole set of packages just because some new version of setup is announced, so I'm going to assume that for quite some time a mix of old and new .lst files (for instance) exists on the majority of installations and whatever we do (in cygcheck, say) needs to work with that. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Factory and User Sound Singles for Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSounds