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On 2009-01-07, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT
com> wrote: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR> Thanks.
Grant Edwards wrote:I need to put a Cygwin snapshot on CD[*].This link goes nowhere for me.
To that end I've been searching the mailing list archive. So far the scripts wirtten by Vin Shelton look like they're awfully close to what I want.
http://www.Cygwin.com/ml/Cygwin/2007-03/msg00606.html
Doh! My spell-checker capitalized Cygwin. It should be
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-03/msg00606.html
The Cygwin DLL is meant to be backward compatible through the 1.5 series. There will, of course, be a difference moving from 1.5 to 1.7. After that, later 1.7 releases will be compatible with earlier ones. And by compatible, I mean binary compatible. No rebuild necessary. If you find this is not the case with 1.7, then that would be good to report. Since 1.5 is a dead end, it doesn't make allot of sense to report these kinds of problems for it. Of course, as you note, other packages aren't necessarily compatible through all their versions or even their minor version bumps. If you need to support a particular set of Cygwin tools, it can make sense to lock the set you're working with. Of course, you'll still need to contend with users that already may have Cygwin installed and the version conflicts there.
Users who already have Cygwin installed are probably savvy enough to build the tools from sources. If that doesn't work then they're out of luck, and should just do things right and install Linux.
And, as you noted, you need to distribute the source of your application
I don't see what my application has to do with anything. Just because I compile an application with gcc, that doesn't place the application under the GPL.
-- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746
A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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