From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 53270 invoked by alias); 20 Feb 2020 21:28:31 -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 53262 invoked by uid 89); 20 Feb 2020 21:28:30 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,GIT_PATCH_2,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=rolling, HX-Languages-Length:1042, Repin, H*f:sk:817yBTN X-HELO: mail-qv1-f44.google.com Received: from mail-qv1-f44.google.com (HELO mail-qv1-f44.google.com) (209.85.219.44) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:28:28 +0000 Received: by mail-qv1-f44.google.com with SMTP id n8so77020qvg.11 for ; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:28:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=jPtV2Dg32JiKfAcXcD0VPIKwi4TIKhhXU7aMhKgxJjk=; b=VAQy8NjrBt12KJWUIAzssWBS8g+nb+8fMhDsNkKTUceSRj/a7miCHCSQEM5RYZtZPc khnypTf2s8arnfLuOw8RDfVRPv1C5GJaRplqXK++oQpOPsllYerVUo4hUFgheYTtSwI3 kX66GltiKKRQJCaaDU/WQmh7Rqyqf9QJjshYWK1PArcTIi4tqfWc2hMlluKUcKUGI7jB IcGVdDNO9EX8HbD6y+A3zvglL6VaZTrHlatqx8V+6d0SxMrAcgYArsagup8sBdLe1Deh GIO9HSaLJ7lRMqp9BuJOdwpUnVWC9MJd9U6cPTqFdTZDdJKl6YQqNNBJXaxiF0YMesHh Sknw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a0c:e38f:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:28:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1613327751.20200220213642@yandex.ru> References: <817yBTNxU4176Set.1582206646@web03.cms.usa.net> <1613327751.20200220213642@yandex.ru> From: Lee Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:28:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is Cygwin 3.1.X Stable Enough to Use? To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: KARL BOTTS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2020-02/txt/msg00176.txt.bz2 On 2/20/20, Andrey Repin wrote: > 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. I suspect that "unstable" in this context means "likely to have noticeable problems". For whatever it's worth, the only problem I've noticed with 3.1.4 was ansi control character handling and that was fixed by importing this bit into the registry: ------------- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console] "VirtualTerminalLevel"=dword:00000001 ------------- On the plus side, it's HKEY_CURRENT_USER so you don't need admin privs to import it; on the minus side, it's HKEY_CURRENT_USER so you'll have to do it for every user on the machine that'll be using cygwin. Regards, Lee -- 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