From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11645 invoked by alias); 11 Jan 2016 22:44:47 -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 11387 invoked by uid 89); 11 Jan 2016 22:44:47 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,SPF_PASS,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=dogs, H*MI:sk:56924AB, H*MI:sk:5692EEA, tony X-HELO: ripple.fruitbat.org Received: from 173-228-5-241.dsl.static.fusionbroadband.com (HELO ripple.fruitbat.org) (173.228.5.241) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:44:46 +0000 Received: from ming.fruitbat.org (ming.fruitbat.org [192.168.55.2]) by ripple.fruitbat.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/fruitwall-1.7) with ESMTP id u0BMhfeu028676; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:43:41 -0800 Received: from ming.fruitbat.org (ming.fruitbat.org [192.168.55.2]) by ming.fruitbat.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/fruithub-1.11) with ESMTP id u0BMheUY003697; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:43:40 -0800 Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 04:25:00 -0000 From: "Peter A. Castro" To: Erik Soderquist cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Windows XP Support In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <56924AB1.1070903@gmx.de> <5692DBF5.3040100@comcast.net> <5692EEA8.4000703@gmail.com> <569409B4.3040501@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-01/txt/msg00129.txt.bz2 On Mon, 11 Jan 2016, Erik Soderquist wrote: > Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:26:39 -0500 > From: Erik Soderquist > Subject: Re: Windows XP Support Greetings, Erik, > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 2:59 PM, cyg Simple wrote: >> Arguments like this is the reason I had to spend years searching through >> COBOL code for 2 digit years. Old habits seem hard to die. Either >> upgrade or forever pay the penalty yourself to keep the old code running. > > Actually I agree wholeheartedly, which is why I I'll make my own > frozen mirror, and deal with whatever happens after that myself. > Since these environments are frozen and isolated, I have not had any > problems. This is also something I only do for my own personal > environments; I won't consider it for public production. I believe Corinna mentioned (and I will re-interate here) that the "Cygwin Time Machine" is at your service. It contains every(*) snapshot (circa) release of Cygwin, should you happen to need something from the past. I don't tend to advertise this much, but it is publicly available. :) (*) well, as far back as v1.3.12-4 (2002/08/13/043102) > -- Erik -- --=> Peter A. Castro Email: doctor at fruitbat dot org / Peter dot Castro at oracle dot com "Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood -- 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