From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 64640 invoked by alias); 31 Aug 2016 17:06:34 -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 63881 invoked by uid 89); 31 Aug 2016 17:06:33 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=circuits, stephen, Stephen, Hx-languages-length:1972 X-HELO: mail-ua0-f195.google.com Received: from mail-ua0-f195.google.com (HELO mail-ua0-f195.google.com) (209.85.217.195) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:06:23 +0000 Received: by mail-ua0-f195.google.com with SMTP id 42so747874uat.0 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:06:23 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ZjvckPPZo1xwYimxPaZdHAK8/7tWv53qjGsNMqlto3g=; b=gofhZKpNXLUmwXZXzF5v5bfT9dHxjaWLatJr4cO575xg/bt5yvPkJRRnhJxEb+NpC4 ciMf9Kszm+cFzoA2AeiohCbcvu5syNSL4rLGKgWwGf2O3ElvCSovd2u5x/neEe+8crU2 vHmLgRZJ/JZ+eN3e0VS3hy+MdQdBxmK5FzBaBfMc0C2uLanp2QOmTHodc58d7WCbNfHe f+kmwufcudCnIRBekURx7IfwtRM7sMwiPqXy3yrwTnkkeGEk2yFfDjawqPvn8RGLppUC jSCPlauDU/BDdE3nou44q315oDbQk7g7VUgzfn9V+tfA47/ouiWL/VWFC97agLoC0oeq p77w== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwNPd4WHTThrwNAnkjOQQGF2goSrcPozfhuzaN7cVavL5UKH7x5b3nc0LZ+UskMN2KA8d9kAvgInhOc55Q== X-Received: by 10.31.155.141 with SMTP id d135mr5331426vke.98.1472663181604; Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:06:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.176.1.199 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:06:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <80741012-9665-fe84-67b2-02d0ec6b3e76@frontier.com> References: <80741012-9665-fe84-67b2-02d0ec6b3e76@frontier.com> From: Stephen John Smoogen Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 18:32:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.6.0-1 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-08/txt/msg00644.txt.bz2 On 31 August 2016 at 12:28, Nirgendsdorf wrote: > On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 15:58:45 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >> I uploaded a new Cygwin release 2.6.0-1. >> >> Please note that this release won't work on Windows XP and Windows >> Server 2003 or 2003 R2. At least Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 >> are required. > > > Well, there goes XP as another software project on which I depend withdra= ws > support. It=E2=80=99s not that I can=E2=80=99t afford to "upgrade"-- I ca= n get a > reconditioned box with Windows 7 on it for around $200 or less. It's that= I > am too old and tired to install the applications and utilities I would wa= nt, > find replacements for my old favorites that would not run on the new box, > and then tweak everything the way I would want it to run. Worse yet, I wo= uld > probably want to install Linux...and build it from scratch. Nope, far too > old and tired for any of that, especially for learning my way around the = new > stuff. > As the 84 year old guy who helps my 70 year old dad do Linux installs and Cygwin fixes on systems keeps telling me: you are never too old... it just takes a bit longer to get the circuits going. >> Thanks, >> Corinna > > Thank you, Corinna, for helping to keep Cygwin going. I found it when it = was > ver. b17 because I was looking for a way to run Joseph Allen's editor (jo= e) > on Windows and keep all the nice POSIX features. It's been quite a ride e= ver > since. I'll probably be around for a little while yet, long as I can build > stuff for the old Cygwin without too much trouble. Goodness help me, thou= gh, > if I ever get to the point where I find myself sitting in a wheelchair, > staring at a wall. > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > > -- > 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 > --=20 Stephen J Smoogen. -- 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