From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from m0.truegem.net (m0.truegem.net [69.55.228.47]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 68D543858D28 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2021 21:53:45 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 68D543858D28 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=maxrnd.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=maxrnd.com Received: (from daemon@localhost) by m0.truegem.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) id 19NLri7I008416 for ; Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:53:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@maxrnd.com) Received: from 162-235-43-67.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net(162.235.43.67), claiming to be "[192.168.1.100]" via SMTP by m0.truegem.net, id smtpdzcZAju; Sat Oct 23 14:53:35 2021 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Cygwin: Make native clipboard layout same for 32- and 64-bit To: cygwin-patches@cygwin.com References: <20211007052237.7139-1-mark@maxrnd.com> <20211008185210.cac713f28dea727a1467cf94@nifty.ne.jp> <29514de9-0d19-0d22-b8e1-3bfbce11589b@cornell.edu> <7dd31f61-43a1-4e4d-2e1a-dc79606263d5@dronecode.org.uk> <037a8027-8969-df1e-ccb5-6a736578cec5@cornell.edu> <6de24f8c-bd21-cd4f-18ff-ece3fef85b89@maxrnd.com> <12fea3e3-92ae-2a33-81ea-808bdcc20f2a@maxrnd.com> <0cdc8601-fd90-226a-d486-7204bbe604c6@cornell.edu> From: Mark Geisert Message-ID: <13f8b939-8d01-4e98-6756-9ae83a681b4b@maxrnd.com> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:53:35 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 SeaMonkey/2.49.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <0cdc8601-fd90-226a-d486-7204bbe604c6@cornell.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin-patches@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Cygwin core component patch submission and discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 21:53:47 -0000 Ken Brown wrote: > On 10/23/2021 1:35 AM, Mark Geisert wrote: >> Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>> Just to close this up prior to the 3.3.0 release... >>> >>> Given we never actually strived for 32<->64 bit interoperability, it's >>> hard to argue why this should be different for the clipboard stuff. >>> >>> Running 32 and 64 bit Cygwin versions in parallel doesn't actually make >>> much sense for most people anyway, unless they explicitely develop for >>> 32 and 64 bit systems under Cygwin.  From a productivity point of view >>> there's no good reason to run more than one arch. >>> >>> So I agree with Ken here.  It's probably not worth the trouble. >> >> Sorry, I've been sidetracked for a bit.  I can agree with Ken too.  The only >> circumstance I could think of where multiple internal format support might be >> useful (to non-developers) was some user hanging on to an older Cygwin because >> it was needed to support something else (s/w or h/w) old and non-upgradeable. >> Doesn't seem very likely at this point. >> >> I'll try to get the v2 patch out over this weekend.  Same end-result for same >> environments as the v1 patch, but incorporating all the comments I received. > > I think Corinna was saying that the whole idea of making the 32-bit and 64-bit > clipboards interoperable is not worth the trouble. Oh, I didn't read it that way. But that works for me too. Color it dropped :-). Thanks, ..mark