Re: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2012, #03; Tue, 13)

> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 08:50:43PM -0500, Mark Levedahl wrote:
> 
>> Cygwin changed the win32api implementation, and the old is not just
>> no longer supported for the current release series, but virtually
>> impossible to even install (several new packages are now installed,
>> the old package is in the "obsolete" category, i.e., not available).
>> The older cygwin 1.5 dll + utilities can be installed afresh, so that
>> is why I set up to switch based upon dll version - the proposed
>> test(s) and configuration would be to have git maintain compatibility
>> with an unsupported Cygwin configuration. I just don't think this is
>> worth the maintenance burden, but of course I am not the maintainer,
>> just expressing my opinion.
> 
> OK. I don't have a strong opinion either, as I don't know what's normal
> in the Cygwin world, and that is probably the most important thing to
> follow for the default. I got the impression that "normal" is changing
> to the new way, but Torsten's message made me wonder if were there quite
> yet (if there was some issue with upgrades versus new fresh installs).
> 
> But I have no real cygwin knowledge, so I'll bow out and let you guys
> discuss.
>