Maintainers please weigh in on 64-bit Cygwin

Ken Brown kbrown@cornell.edu
Sun Mar 17 17:34:00 GMT 2013


On 3/17/2013 12:45 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 1) Do you have a 64-bit version of Windows available?

Yes.

> 2) If no, would you be willing to install one?

N/A

> 3) Are you willing to download the current 64-bit Cygwin and start porting
> your stuff, knowing that there are still bugs?

Yes.  I've already started.

> 4) Or, would you rather wait for 64-bit to be completely stable before
> attempting anything?

No.

> 5) Does the existence of two different architectures make you think that
> it is time for you to stop offering the package?

No.

> 6) Would you be willing to have another person doing the 64-bit port for
> you?

Only if I'm unavailable for some reason.

> 7) Are you ok with a 64-bit alpha release being made available which contains
> your packages built by someone else?

If necessary, but that's unlikely.

Ken



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