Request for a version/ revision/ release number for the whole Cygwin release/ distribution

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:31:26 -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> > Per the Cygwin FAQ (http://cygwin.com/faq.html):
> >
> >         "If you are looking for the version number for the whole Cygwin
> > release, there is none. Each package in the Cygwin release has its own
> > version. The packages in Cygwin are continually improving, thanks to the
> > efforts of net volunteers who maintain the Cygwin binary ports. Each
> > package has its own version numbers and its own release process. "
> >
> > I would especially like to request that there be a "stable" distribution.
>
> As the person who wrote those FAQ words (with input from several people
> here), I'd like to go on the record as saying that a stable distribution
> is a great idea.
>
> I *really* don't have time to work on it (heck, I don't even have time
> to be writing this email), but that doesn't matter, because there's
> nothing to stop it from happening. Simply start with a snapshot of the
> current release tree. Make some sort of ISO available or something, and
> think up a name other to call it than just "Cygwin" (like, I don't know
> "Yggdrasil StableCygwin 1.0" or "Roman Catholic StableCygwin 1.0"--I
> highly recommend using some unique word for Internet searching).

Yggdrasil is good.  And we could call the unstable distribution Ratatosk.
:-)

> [snip]
> You could start your own mailing lists for people using your "John Kerry
> StableCygwin 1.0" and perhaps segment our traffic a little.

Hmm, then the unstable distribution would be...  Ug, no, we're not giving
it *that* name.  No way!  ;-)
	Igor
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