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Re: Next major Cygwin version?
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:36:07 -0400
- Subject: Re: Next major Cygwin version?
- References: <20050914192149.GC23903@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <20050915012823.4D8104A8834@cgf.cx>
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On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 08:28:00PM -0500, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
>[snip]
>>>which would explain why that number was skipped. However, I also know
>>>that CVS has a fondness for odd version numbers, and likes to reserve
>>>the even ones for some usage that I can't remember.
>>
>>The even numbers are reserved by the government. They maintain hidden
>>branches for their experiments in mind-control-through-cygwin. I guess
>>the experiments have been successful, if you're claiming never to have
>>seen a cygwin version 1.6.x.
>
>Not on an open line Faylor! You'll blow the whole deal!
Uh oh. Doh. I'm preparing a new 1.6.47 release now. That should fix
things.
Please inspect this release *very* closely. The new version of
setup.exe has some... interesting... graphics...
cgf