Re: X111R6.x Gone!!!

[Suhaib Siddiqi <s_m_siddiqi at yahoo dot com>]

Chris, Thanks
--- Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 16, 2000 at 06:19:46AM -0700, Suhaib
> Siddiqi wrote:
> >I removed the X11R6.4 and X11R6.3 archives for
> Cygwin B20.1.  I wanted
> >to leave them for people who might need it. 
> However, it was doing more
> >harm then good.  It is difficult to deal with users
> who do not read
> >Cygwin and cywin-xfree mail archives and try to mix
> non-compatible
> >libraries from two different version.  Some of the
> users even tried
> >linking XFree code to X11R6.4 libraries for B20.1.
> >
> >Anyhow, X11R6.4 and X11R6.3 will not be avialble
> any more and will not
> >be supported in future.  Cygwin 1.1.2 is quite
> stable now, anyone using
> >B20.1 should consider upgrading to Cygwin 1.1.2.
> 
> Thanks, Suhaib.  I think this makes sense.
> 
> I can sympathize with your frustration.  Somehow the
> five characters "B20.1"
> seem to have worked their way into the hearts and
> minds of Cygwin users
> everywhere.  We get a lot of messages who are using
> the newest B20.1
> version of Cygwin 1.1.2. (sic).
> 
> So, don't be surprised if you still get people
> asking questions about B20.1
> even though they are up-to-date with the current net
> release.
> 
> I appreciate all of your hard work with regards to
> cygwin-xfree.  This
> project is a tribute to your perseverence in driving
> the development and
> answering user's questions.
> 
> cgf


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