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From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@Shaw.ca>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Test: dash 0.5.12-3 (TEST)
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 07:15:12 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e491b0d2-46e3-e6a4-0bdd-2a25fca646f3@Shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZABn3HyxS9aEkTx2@calimero.vinschen.de>

[Saw post on public-inbox, did not receive!]
> On Mar  1 16:37, Cygwin dash Co-Maintainer wrote:
>> The following test packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution:
>> * dash	0.5.12-3
>> This test release has been rebuilt re-enabling libc fnmatch and glob as
>> Cygwin/winsup/newlib now supports locale dependent named character and
>> equivalence class patterns like glibc in Cygwin versions > 3.4.6-1.

> I have to clarify this.
> The new features of fnmatch and glob will only be available starting
> with Cygwin 3.5.0, slated for end of 2023.
> Any further 3.4.x versions will only contain bugfixes, not functional
> enhancements. So please don't expect this to work in 3.4.7.
> So this dash version only makes sense if you install Cygwin-3.5.0
> test releases on a regular basis.

I'll create another test release 5 with cygwin >= 3.5.0-0 and updated comments.

Original announcement of release 4 never appeared - resent *before* I saw post.

[Uploaded test release 4 to add dash-VER-R link, to make release tracking 
easier, as dash has no version info or query support, and checking dates vs tars 
is painful.]

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer     but when there is no more to cut
                                 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

      reply	other threads:[~2023-03-02 14:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-01 23:37 Cygwin dash Co-Maintainer via Cygwin-announce
2023-03-02  9:09 ` Corinna Vinschen
2023-03-02 14:15   ` Brian Inglis [this message]

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