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Re: versions/compatibilities FAQ request
- To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
- Subject: Re: versions/compatibilities FAQ request
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 22:37:28 -0400
- CC: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <20000906023148.4901.qmail@web108.yahoomail.com>
> Why denote the version on the shortcut? Why not just Cygwin? And
> don't tell me to look at the DLL naming thread. ;^)
The Cygwin CD-ROM called itself "Cygwin 1.0" in the start menu so I
wanted to put something else to differentiate it. Perhaps "Cygwin Net
Release"?
Within Red Hat we often need multiple versions of Cygwin installed for
various purposes.
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