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Re: Possibility of a MinGW version?

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CFChristopher Faylor <me@cgf.cx>
Date
Dec 31, 2005, 16:39 UTC
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On Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 12:16:29PM -0500, Rob McDonald wrote:
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>>Well, cygwin is everything but unmaintained.  It's unfair to blaim the
>>good work of the cygwin folks if you can't get it to work.  I have
>>*never* had a problem I could not solve with cygwin.  In particular,
>>*no* package got messed up when I installed/upgraded another package.
>>Before you ask: I use cygwin extensively.
>
>I'm sorry to have seemed harsh in my criticism.  I have not used Cygwin
>seriously in a couple years.  At the time, as a user, I saw no
>noticable progress.  The project seemed dead.  I always had trouble
>with their package management program.  I'm glad you've never had
>similar problems.

As was mentioned, the Cygwin project is very far from dead and has actually never been close to dead. It is, however, like any open source project and things like the setup program are always under slow, sporadic development.

The core cygwin dll is under active development and maintenance and most of the packages in the distribution are under active maintenance, however. -- Christopher Faylor spammer? -> aaaspam@sourceware.org Cygwin Co-Project Leader aaaspam@duffek.com TimeSys, Inc.

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  1. Rob McDonaldDec 24, 2005
  2. Andreas EricssonDec 24, 2005
  3. Sven VerdoolaegeDec 24, 2005
  4. Andreas EricssonDec 24, 2005
  5. Johannes SchindelinDec 24, 2005
  6. David BrownDec 24, 2005
  7. Rob McDonaldDec 24, 2005
  8. Johannes SchindelinDec 24, 2005
  9. Rob McDonaldDec 25, 2005
  10. Christopher FaylorDec 31, 2005
  11. H. Peter AnvinDec 31, 2005
  12. Christopher FaylorJan 1, 2006
  13. Christopher FaylorDec 31, 2005
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 24, 2005
  15. Andreas EricssonDec 24, 2005
  16. Junio C HamanoDec 25, 2005

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