Re: release scheduling, cygwin 1.7 et al (was Re: X11R7.5 & fontcache..)

2009-11-04 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
On 11/04/2009 05:05 PM, Linda Walsh wrote: I saw support for dual installations in a recent announcement on Cygwin's main list. I've also seen quite a few problems reported against 1.7 in the compatibility department, but I realize that gives no indication of the number of users who don't hav

Re: release scheduling, cygwin 1.7 et al (was Re: X11R7.5 & fontcache..)

2009-11-04 Thread Linda Walsh
* Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: "http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#RSN :-)" ** LW wrote: "--I don't suppose you could express that in ISO format? :-)" Larry Hall wrote: Since you've asked this on multiple lists, I'm going to assume this is more than just a humorous comment that you don't expect an answer t

Re: X11R7.5 & fontcache..

2009-10-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
On 10/29/2009 11:56 PM, Linda Walsh wrote: Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#RSN :-) --- I don't suppose you could express that in ISO format? :-) Since you've asked this on multiple lists, I'm going to assume this is more than just a humorous comment that you don't expect

Re: X11R7.5 & fontcache..

2009-10-29 Thread Linda Walsh
Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#RSN :-) --- I don't suppose you could express that in ISO format? :-) How difficult would it be to turn on compiling in of the 'font-cache' extension? Impossible; support for the extension was completely removed from the server over

Re: X11R7.5 & fontcache..

2009-10-29 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
On 29/10/2009 20:36, Linda Walsh wrote: Does this mean it is a 'beta' or test version? X11R7.5 is not a beta, it is a full release. Cygwin 1.7 is technically still in beta, but is very usable and much improved over 1.5. If it is a released version, will it be made available for the release

Re: X11R7.5 & fontcache..

2009-10-29 Thread Linda Walsh
Does this mean it is a 'beta' or test version? If it is a released version, will it be made available for the released version of cygwin (1.5). I've no idea when cygwin will release 1.7 as being 'ready'... How difficult would it be to turn on compiling in of the 'font-cache' extension? I use