From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6119 invoked by alias); 13 May 2014 12:29:14 -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 6107 invoked by uid 89); 13 May 2014 12:29:14 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-yk0-f170.google.com Received: from mail-yk0-f170.google.com (HELO mail-yk0-f170.google.com) (209.85.160.170) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 13 May 2014 12:29:13 +0000 Received: by mail-yk0-f170.google.com with SMTP id 10so195128ykt.1 for ; Tue, 13 May 2014 05:29:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.236.61.45 with SMTP id v33mr50757619yhc.20.1399984150906; Tue, 13 May 2014 05:29:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.170.79.66 with HTTP; Tue, 13 May 2014 05:29:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140513055627.GA671@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> References: <5370E017.5000206@redhat.com> <20140513055627.GA671@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 12:46:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Update CoreUtils From: Steven Penny To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-05/txt/msg00256.txt.bz2 On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 12:56 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > Frankly, please give MSYS2 another try. We'd all appreciate it. Look at the facts: coreutils newer version released 2 years ago bash newer version released 3 years ago git newer version released 2 years ago These are major packages, not just "user X favorite package". Several people including myself have offered to update them, only to be met with "Sorry, I am maintainer not you. I will do it when I get time". It gets old after a while. -- 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