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Re: How is Cygwin's version stamp (currently 1.3.12-2) determined?

From: Warren Young <warren at etr-usa dot com>
To: Cygwin-L <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:26:23 -0600
Subject: Re: How is Cygwin's version stamp (currently 1.3.12-2) determined?
References: <uofam9bfd.fsf@world.std.com>

Francis Litterio wrote:

What are the criteria for changing the Cygwin revision stamp?

The Cygwin DLL is analogous to the Linux kernel: its version number scheme is independent of the version number of the packages that run under it. You can upgrade packages independently of the Cygwin DLL, at least until there's an ABI change.

Currently there is no one packaging cohesive "releases" under a single version number like the Linux distributors do. It hasn't seemed necessary.

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