From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26010 invoked by alias); 8 Jan 2013 04:10:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 25938 invoked by uid 22791); 8 Jan 2013 04:10:42 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,BOTNET,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from vms173011pub.verizon.net (HELO vms173011pub.verizon.net) (206.46.173.11) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:10:34 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.231] ([unknown] [108.20.163.251]) by vms173011.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0MGA00KTUGX7L720@vms173011.mailsrvcs.net> for cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com; Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:10:24 -0600 (CST) Message-id: <50EB9C2C.6020305@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:10:00 -0000 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin-X)" Reply-to: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Clarification on GLUT and Cygwin References: In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2013-01/txt/msg00006.txt.bz2 On 1/7/2013 10:08 PM, MyBig SpamEmail wrote: > Also, I am trying to figure out how to resolve this issue going > forward. Will the obsolete OpenGL package always be available to use > in the future, or will this package eventually be completely dropped > from Cygwin? (I hope not, this may make us have to move away from > Cygwin.) Theoretically yes, obsolete packages will eventually be dropped. But realistically, the time between now and when this will happen could be measured in years. This should give you plenty of time to make appropriate adjustments. -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/