RE: Is the Cygwin 1.3.2 DLL Win 2000 compatible?

RE: Is the Cygwin 1.3.2 DLL Win 2000 compatible?

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

Yes.  The Cywgin DLL has always gone to great lengths to support all released
versions of Windows, other than CE.  Other than the obvious caveats noted in
the FAQ entry which I referred you to, it's safe to assume nothing more or
less.  Historically, the Cygwin DLL has 'worked' with whatever Windows 
versions were current at the time.  This has certainly been true for the 
last 5+ years conservatively.  No need to fret.

It's worth noting, however, that this list only really "supports" the 
current release of Cygwin.  So if you have an issue with 1.3.2 that you 
want to post, the response you're likely to get is 'does it work with 
1.3.10?'

David (Starks-Browning), do you think it's necessary to update this 
FAQ entry so that it's clear that the Cygwin DLL has historically supported
the then released versions of Windows?

  
Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX



At 05:31 PM 2/28/2002, jonesr@pjm.com wrote:
>I did prior to my e-mail & interpreted to mean applicability to the 1.3.9 DLL.
>Can I presume that FAQ item applies to all DLL versions, just to 1.3.9, or to
>the 1.3.* family?
>
>Bob J.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:lhall@rfk.com]
>Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 5:21 PM
>To: jonesr@pjm.com; cygwin@cygwin.com
>Subject: Re: Is the Cygwin 1.3.2 DLL Win 2000 compatible?
>
>
>At 05:20 PM 2/28/2002, jonesr@pjm.com wrote:
>
>
> >Bob Jones
> >Decision Support Analyst
> >Settlements, Planning, & Corporate Services Dept.
> >PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
> >(610) 666-8954
> >jonesr@pjm.com
> >
> >"Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt."
> >(With me everything turns into mathematics.)
> >-- Rene Descartes
>
>
>Look to the FAQ for these kinds of questions:
>
>What versions of Windows are supported?
>http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_1.html#SEC2
>
>
>Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
>RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
>838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
>Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX


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RE: Is the Cygwin 1.3.2 DLL Win 2000 compatible?

[David Starks-Browning]

On Thursday 28 Feb 02, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) writes:
> David (Starks-Browning), do you think it's necessary to update this 
> FAQ entry so that it's clear that the Cygwin DLL has historically supported
> the then released versions of Windows?

Larry,

I don't understand what's wrong with the current FAQ entry.  Maybe I
misunderstand the question?

Thanks,
David



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RE: Is the Cygwin 1.3.2 DLL Win 2000 compatible?

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 07:59 AM 3/1/2002, David Starks-Browning wrote:
>On Thursday 28 Feb 02, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) writes:
> > David (Starks-Browning), do you think it's necessary to update this 
> > FAQ entry so that it's clear that the Cygwin DLL has historically supported
> > the then released versions of Windows?
>
>Larry,
>
>I don't understand what's wrong with the current FAQ entry.  Maybe I
>misunderstand the question?
>
>Thanks,
>David



Hi David,

Perhaps.  It's an esoteric one.  The original poster of this question wanted
to know if Cygwin 1.3.2 would work with Win2000.  I replied with the FAQ 
entry that says Cygwin works with 9x/Me/NT/W2K/XP.  The reply I got back 
from the poster then was that he had seen this entry but thought it 
referenced only the current Cygwin DLL (1.3.9 at that point).  So the only
question I was raising was whether you think it would be more or less 
confusing to people to add some wording to the FAQ entry that specifies
that any recent Cygwin DLL works with Windows, not just the latest.
It's not clear to me that this additional wording wouldn't raise more 
questions than it answers.  Judging by your response, I think leaving things
as is may be the best option.  What do you think?

  

Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX


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RE: Is the Cygwin 1.3.2 DLL Win 2000 compatible?

[David Starks-Browning]

On Friday 1 Mar 02, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) writes:
> Perhaps.  It's an esoteric one.  The original poster of this question wanted
> to know if Cygwin 1.3.2 would work with Win2000.  I replied with the FAQ 
> entry that says Cygwin works with 9x/Me/NT/W2K/XP.  The reply I got back 
> from the poster then was that he had seen this entry but thought it 
> referenced only the current Cygwin DLL (1.3.9 at that point).  So the only
> question I was raising was whether you think it would be more or less 
> confusing to people to add some wording to the FAQ entry that specifies
> that any recent Cygwin DLL works with Windows, not just the latest.
> It's not clear to me that this additional wording wouldn't raise more 
> questions than it answers.  Judging by your response, I think leaving things
> as is may be the best option.  What do you think?

I think it's best to leave this entry as it is.

Thanks,
David


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RE: Is the Cygwin 1.3.2 DLL Win 2000 compatible?

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 03:54 AM 3/3/2002, David Starks-Browning wrote:
>On Friday 1 Mar 02, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) writes:
> > Perhaps.  It's an esoteric one.  The original poster of this question wanted
> > to know if Cygwin 1.3.2 would work with Win2000.  I replied with the FAQ 
> > entry that says Cygwin works with 9x/Me/NT/W2K/XP.  The reply I got back 
> > from the poster then was that he had seen this entry but thought it 
> > referenced only the current Cygwin DLL (1.3.9 at that point).  So the only
> > question I was raising was whether you think it would be more or less 
> > confusing to people to add some wording to the FAQ entry that specifies
> > that any recent Cygwin DLL works with Windows, not just the latest.
> > It's not clear to me that this additional wording wouldn't raise more 
> > questions than it answers.  Judging by your response, I think leaving things
> > as is may be the best option.  What do you think?
>
>I think it's best to leave this entry as it is.


Very good.  Thanks for the 'ruling'. :-)



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Re: Is the Cygwin 1.3.2 DLL Win 2000 compatible?

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 05:20 PM 2/28/2002, jonesr@pjm.com wrote:


>Bob Jones
>Decision Support Analyst
>Settlements, Planning, & Corporate Services Dept.
>PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
>(610) 666-8954
>jonesr@pjm.com
>
>"Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt."
>(With me everything turns into mathematics.)
>-- Rene Descartes


Look to the FAQ for these kinds of questions:

What versions of Windows are supported?
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_1.html#SEC2


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Is the Cygwin 1.3.2 DLL Win 2000 compatible?

[jonesr]

Bob Jones
Decision Support Analyst
Settlements, Planning, & Corporate Services Dept.
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
(610) 666-8954
jonesr@pjm.com

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(With me everything turns into mathematics.)
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