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Re: 1.7.1
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 05:43:59PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Dec 22 11:23, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:13:05AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> >Is there a chance we can release 1.7.1 before Christmas?
>>
>> I fixed the problem I was seeing in setup.exe. As it turns out, it had
>> nothing to do with older versions of Windows. It was actually a bug in
>> my code.
>>
>> I was under the impression that we were still tinkering with the problem
>> of installing to a network drive but, as far as I'm concerned we're ok
>> to go.
>>
>> If you want to make a 1.7.1 version of cygwin available, I'll do all of
>> the magic on sourceware. Or, I can build it, put it up, and let you know
>> when to send the announcement.
>
>Cygwin 1.7.1 binary and source packages are already available on
>sourceware in ~corinna/x/. I can upload them to the release area
>whenever everything else is in place. Or you can do it while doing
>the magic. Just keep me informed.
My preference would be to do it tonight but that would probably be too
late for you?
I *could* send out email spoofed as you if you have the words ready.
Barring that, I can probably do this Thursday morning.
>Are you going to upload the new setup now, or does it have to wait
>for the 1.7.1 packages in place? I'm not quite sure about the best
>order of things.
I have to wait until the directories have been moved. release-legacy
already exists, and release-2 is no longer a union mount so this will be
a remove and a rename + various assorted edits.
>> Btw, once this is all in place, this is the message that people will see
>> the first (and only the first) time that they install a new version of
>> cygwin:
>>
>> This is the first time you've installed Cygwin 1.7.1.
>> Please be advised that this is a major release.
>> If you have not done so already, please check out
>> the documentation at http://cygwin.com/ to see how
>> the upgrade could potentially affect any existing
>> Cygwin installation.
>>
>> If this is the first time you've installed Cygwin on
>> this system then you may ignore this message.
>>
>> The dialog box will show an "Ok" or "Cancel" where "Cancel" will stop
>> the installation.
>>
>> Hmm. I just realized that this should probably not show up in
>> unattended mode. Fixed.
>>
>> Older setup.exe's will not work with the new setup.ini at all, forcing
>> people to download a new setup.exe from cygwin.com.
>>
>> Btw, if someone attempts to install the legacy cygwin on NT they will
>> get this message:
>>
>> You are attempting to install a legacy version of Cygwin
>> on a modern version of Windows. Press "OK" if this is
>> really want you want to do. Otherwise press "Cancel".
>> See http://cygwin.com/ for more information.
>
>That sounds good.
>
>My local changes to the index.html file contain a warning as well:
>
> <h3><center>NEW Cygwin 1.7.1 just released!</center></h3>
> <p>Please note that the <b>update</b> from Cygwin 1.5.x to Cygwin 1.7.x might
> require some <b>manual changes</b> afterwards. Most notably the mount point
> storage has been moved out of the registry into files. User mount points
> are <b>NOT</b> copied into the new user-specific /etc/fstab.d/$USER file.
> Rather, every user has to call the <b>/bin/copy-user-registry-fstab</b>
> shell script once after the update. <b>PLEASE</b> read the new
> <a href="cygwin-ug-net/index.html">User's Guide</a> before upgrading your
> Cygwin installation to 1.7. You're avoiding trouble.</p>
>
>I have the move of the 1.7 docs prepared locally as well. The addition
>to article.db is waiting, too.
>
>What's actually missing is the text for the announcement. I think it's
>best to keep it short and simple, just another warning to read the docs
>in the first place and a list of a few major changes like /etc/fstab,
>long filenames and IPv6. Does that sound ok?
Yes. You probably want to update freshmeat too.
cgf