From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21207 invoked by alias); 2 Jul 2013 15:02:59 -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 21198 invoked by uid 89); 2 Jul 2013 15:02:59 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_NEUTRAL autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from bureau81.ns.utoronto.ca (HELO bureau81.ns.utoronto.ca) (128.100.132.181) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:02:58 +0000 Received: from [10.70.2.228] (sb-gw13.cs.toronto.edu [128.100.3.13]) (authenticated bits=0) by bureau81.ns.utoronto.ca (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id r62F2tcK023171 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 11:02:55 -0400 Message-ID: <51D2EBA6.1070407@cs.utoronto.ca> Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:02:00 -0000 From: Ryan Johnson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130509 Thunderbird/17.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: gcc-4.7.3-1 References: <51D2C0F6.9060405@cs.utoronto.ca> <51D2E8AC.1040902@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51D2E8AC.1040902@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2013-07/txt/msg00025.txt.bz2 On 02/07/2013 10:50 AM, JonY wrote: > On 7/2/2013 20:00, Ryan Johnson wrote: >> On 02/07/2013 6:26 AM, JonY wrote: >>> Version 4.7.3-1 of gcc has been uploaded. Some important notes are: >>> >>> * gcc-3.x is now finally removed, replaced by this version. >>> >>> * This means -mno-cygwin support is also removed completely, use the >>> provided cross compilers to build Windows code. >>> >>> * Previous gcc4-4.5.3 has been renamed to gcc and placed as previous. >> So this means there is now only one gcc package now, called "gcc" ? With >> 4.7.3 being the current/default version and 4.5.3 being available as the >> "previous" version in setup if you insist on using old stuff? >> >> How delightful! > Yes, it is finally gone :) > > I wonder when the backlash from users following outdated guides and FAQs > will start. You know, we should really have some sort of bounty program where people can bring up third-party "stuff" and have it added to a list in cygwin's web page somewhere: if it covers something useful (as in, cygwin's documentation was lacking), we can incorporate the goodness with proper attribution; if it's out of date or just plain inaccurate, we can flag it as such. Knowing how Google works, it's entirely plausible that somebody searching for an outdated guide would instead find Cygwin's link to it, along with the blurb explaining why it shouldn't be used [1]. It would be especially delicious if some of those sites had automatic track-back systems that posted the official cygwin take in their own comments. It would also encourage people to check the source first (or at least check that list) before swallowing a cygwin myth, kind of like snopes does for internet hoaxes. Of course, SHTDI, so this may never happen... but it might cut list traffic enough to pay for itself. Ryan [1] We could call it "Embrace, Embarrass, Eliminate." Microsoft would be proud. -- 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