-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Corinna Vinschen wrote: | I'd be happy if even the most important packages have been rebuilt for | 1.7. So far the reactions from the package maintainers were somewhat | reticent.
I know I've been holding back because of the apparent difficulties in transitioning between versions (even one way, not to mention back-and-forth), and until recently the uncertainty as to the timeframe for 1.7. I am at the point that I am ready to consider switching, however. | I'm still rather trying to smooth out the upgrade path so that there | are as little as possible manual changes left to the user. It will | be bumpy nevertheless... IOW you want to leave upgrading in the same root a possibility. Is it really worth it? | The problem so far is the "Cygnus Solutions" registry key and the | default name of the cygwin dir, C:\cygwin. When you try to install | 1.7, both shouldn't exist. So what I did is this: I understand the registry key is due to setup. But what's the problem with C:\cygwin? | We *really* need a new setup for 1.7 which doesn't access the "Cygnus | Solutions" registry key anymore. Agreed, **ASAP**. Yaakov -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkiH+q0ACgkQpiWmPGlmQSPHKQCg4CVTKqvlFcMoMedsx3DdO2W7 ErUAoN1WMf9kucpPgh/IBGhf/5PFtvLM =77Hl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----