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Re: 1.7.1 release date?


On Dec  5 13:35, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 10:39:34AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >Names like that have no inherent meaning and always need explanation.
> >Nobody outside of the Ubuntu community knows if Feisty Fawn is older
> >or newer than Jaunty Jackalope.  It doesn't matter, it's just a funny
> >name and the meaning is given extrinsically.
> 
> I went to bed last night thinking that no one would seriously give this
> (adjective deleted) whimsical-directory-name proposal serious
> consideration.  I was obviously wrong.
> 
> This is the kind of thing that you do at the start of a project.  Not the
> end.
> [etc, etc]
> This really is a bikeshed issue.  I don't think it belongs here when
> we're discussing the imminent release of a new version of Cygwin.

You're the one who's adamant about renaming the directories so that the
new release is called like the old release.  You're not taking any
concern into account nor any suggestion besides your own.  Instead you
are just beating every other POV with a stick.
I'm going along with changing the directory names, so what's your share
for a compromise?


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Project Co-Leader          cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat


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