From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12380 invoked by alias); 20 Feb 2020 18:50:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 12372 invoked by uid 89); 20 Feb 2020 18:50:08 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.1 spammy=UD:ru, rolling, HX-Priority:Normal, H*r:smtp X-HELO: forward104j.mail.yandex.net Received: from forward104j.mail.yandex.net (HELO forward104j.mail.yandex.net) (5.45.198.247) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:50:05 +0000 Received: from mxback9o.mail.yandex.net (mxback9o.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:1a2d::23]) by forward104j.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id E0F654A1A76; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:50:01 +0300 (MSK) Received: from sas1-e00c2743cdb8.qloud-c.yandex.net (sas1-e00c2743cdb8.qloud-c.yandex.net [2a02:6b8:c14:3a22:0:640:e00c:2743]) by mxback9o.mail.yandex.net (mxback/Yandex) with ESMTP id P5bDtV60WG-o1X8oOqF; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:50:01 +0300 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.ru; s=mail; t=1582224601; bh=mjT1N+s1sxBJrSavhxD6QJByHuOR6WfcWJM8YQFnr8Q=; h=In-Reply-To:Subject:To:Reply-To:From:Message-ID:References:Date; b=b5E3dTnvMt6y7ZVWaZhSMm56BDIo7Ui9w00GKzcUR1T7rz2PMfUg7zXvinU1odp1G YuueWUKITxt89aGlEXRKWRFU+/4eYAXG8XNk5PciY5cmRAhKy0wYXmIE7l+O99imwT s69yuudmrmjAGv6hQQ8KJDiYCJEMHQe8nlJs87+A= Authentication-Results: mxback9o.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.ru Received: by sas1-e00c2743cdb8.qloud-c.yandex.net (smtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id xtqx16c77Q-o1vK0xGg; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:50:01 +0300 (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client certificate not present) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (HELO daemon2.darkdragon.lan) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:36:42 -0000 Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:50:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <1613327751.20200220213642@yandex.ru> To: "KARL BOTTS" , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Is Cygwin 3.1.X Stable Enough to Use? In-Reply-To: <817yBTNxU4176Set.1582206646@web03.cms.usa.net> References: <817yBTNxU4176Set.1582206646@web03.cms.usa.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2020-02/txt/msg00173.txt.bz2 Greetings, KARL BOTTS! > I am worried. I need to instruct an IT department to install Cygwin. I am > afraid that if I just tell them to run the installer, they will get an > unstable version. I am afraid other new users will be in the same boat. Cygwin is a rolling release distribution. Whatever is in main installation set is considered stable. You could have found the answer yourself, if you have used search through the list archive. > I am fine for myself: I am on Cygwin 3.07, it is a tank, and I can stay there > for the rest of the year if necessary. That is not the issue. 3.0.7 is not supported anymore. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Thursday, February 20, 2020 21:34:21 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple