From: Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty <hamishmb@live.co.uk>
To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Quick query about Windows versions
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:58:44 +0100 [thread overview]
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On 31/03/2020 17:24, ASSI wrote:
> Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin-apps writes:
>> Just thought I should ask: is there a perferred version of Windows to
>> build packages on, or does it not matter?
> Whatever supported version of Windows you use, I'd say.
>
>> I currently build on Windows 7, following the tradition of building on
>> the oldest supported platform, but I have no idea if this is needed with
>> Cygwin.
> No Windows 7 system should still have the ability to connect to the
> internet… so no, I don't think you should even try to build there.
>
>
> Regards,
> Achim.
Yep, that's why I asked. I'll upgrade the VM to Windows 10 then, if it
makes no difference to Cygwin.
Hamish
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-31 17:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-31 14:15 Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
2020-03-31 16:24 ` ASSI
2020-03-31 17:58 ` Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty [this message]
2020-04-01 9:36 ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-04-01 12:14 ` Thomas Wolff
2020-04-01 17:29 ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-04-01 13:59 ` Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
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