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Re: Next major Cygwin version?
- From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <sthoenna at efn dot org>
- To: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:30:52 -0700
- Subject: Re: Next major Cygwin version?
- References: <20050914192149.GC23903@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <20050915012823.4D8104A8834@cgf.cx> <20050915013607.GG31774@trixie.casa.cgf.cx>
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 09:36:07PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 08:28:00PM -0500, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
> >[snip]
> >>>which would explain why that number was skipped. However, I also know
> >>>that CVS has a fondness for odd version numbers, and likes to reserve
> >>>the even ones for some usage that I can't remember.
> >>
> >>The even numbers are reserved by the government. They maintain hidden
> >>branches for their experiments in mind-control-through-cygwin. I guess
> >>the experiments have been successful, if you're claiming never to have
> >>seen a cygwin version 1.6.x.
> >
> >Not on an open line Faylor! You'll blow the whole deal!
>
> Uh oh. Doh. I'm preparing a new 1.6.47 release now. That should fix
> things.
>
> Please inspect this release *very* closely. The new version of
> setup.exe has some... interesting... graphics...
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