From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29157 invoked by alias); 5 Jan 2015 10:34:18 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 29140 invoked by uid 89); 5 Jan 2015 10:34:17 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:34:16 +0000 Received: from int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.24]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t05AYEQ4004566 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2015 05:34:14 -0500 Received: from [10.10.116.17] ([10.10.116.17]) by int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t05AYCOh013321 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2015 05:34:14 -0500 Message-ID: <54AA68A2.2080808@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:34:00 -0000 From: Yaakov Selkowitz User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: run.exe will not work with upgrade from 1.14.4 to 1.16.3 References: <54A6FDB8.9070106@blankersfamily.com> <54A766A7.7020609@cygwin.com> <54A7A26E.7090801@blankersfamily.com> <54A874F1.8000203@cygwin.com> <54A926F9.4090902@blankersfamily.com> <54AA0D4D.2030803@cygwin.com> <54AA5429.1090907@blankersfamily.com> <54AA5E05.2040600@cygwin.com> <54AA617B.6050105@blankersfamily.com> In-Reply-To: <54AA617B.6050105@blankersfamily.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2015-01/txt/msg00012.txt.bz2 On 2015-01-05 04:03, Laurens Blankers wrote: > On 5-1-2015 10:48, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: >> Just .startxwinrc, and the changes were explained in the announcement. > The information is contained within the announcement, but it is a bit > difficult to figure out what to do from just the list of changes. A more > detailed step-by-step guide, preferably as part of the FAQ would be very > much appreciated. I can't be everyone's personal IT department. I believe the information in the announcement contains sufficient information for users to make the necessary changes, but the most important part would be the new requirements of ~/.startxwinrc. >> ssh -X hasn't been supported since X11R7.4 way back in 2008 (see the >> FAQ for details). > I see, but PuTTY which apparently uses insecure forwards has worked for > many years all the way up to 1.3.2-1. Then please provide complete details in a separate thread. >> I am not going to revert the recent changes, which are important and >> long overdue. If any has constructive suggestions for incremental >> improvements thereto, they will be duly considered, but going >> backwards is not the solution. > OK, I am a bit disappointed, but I do have some suggestions. How would > you prefer I post them? In this thread or a new one? All together or one > post per suggestion? Please start a new thread. >> That won't be necessary. As a rolling distribution without stable >> releases, these kind of changes in UX happen from time to time. >> That's what announcements are for. > Are you saying it is inappropriate to discuss or that you personally > don't see value in this? There is simply no point. Yaakov -- 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/