On Dec 3 14:42, ASSI wrote: > Corinna Vinschen writes: > > Since Fedora did basically the same, as Ken pointed out, maybe we're > > a bit meticulous if we create a new package for 2.7x? > > Well, if we don't, we're SOL if we hit an incompatibility that the Linux > folks don't need to care about… that was why I originally suggested to > wait it out a bit. > > > I don't know how the experience is in the various environments, but > > nobody appears to care... > > If I look at the changes, many are for "fringe" platforms, so how far > out in the fringes is Cygwin?
No idea. I cringe at the idea of calling Cygwin a fringe platform. Now, if you call Cygwin a Gringe platform OTOH :) Nah, in fact, given we already have the autoconf versioning in place, it probably doesn't hurt to do it right. Btw., goldstar request for Achim here! Corinna
