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Re: When will cygwin ever be stable?
At 08:38 AM 5/3/2001, Warren Young wrote:
>egor duda wrote:
> >
> > i wholeheartedly agree that lots of cygwin users will benefit from
> > rock-stable cygwin. the main question is "what cygwin team should do
> > for this?"
>
>To answer this it might be helpful to know where Cygwin is going. I
>assume that the overall goal is stepwise refinement towards Linuxness or
>similar. So, how far are we from that goal?
Impossible to say, since the stated goal is so broad. I doubt there will
ever be a day where everything done in Linux will transparently work in
Cygwin. But if you want some idea of where things stand, I'd say the best
indicator is the cygwin-apps list. This list is for people porting apps to
Cygwin. Issues they encounter are the best indication of where Cygwin needs
to go to support the packages people want to run. I think the main point to
focus on here is that Cygwin is still very much a work in progress. Needed
functionality is still missing. Until that changes or the set of "needed
functionality" dwindles to a small enough amount that the vast majority
don't care about it, I don't think it will be possible to address the needs
of those who want a "rock-stable cygwin" and those who need the additional
functionality with one branch of the code. Unfortunately, managing two
branches isn't likely to happen without a lot more resource. That additional
resource would need to be able to maintain, release, and provide technical
support for the alternate Cygwin. Also, coordination with the "development"
branch is required. Its not a trivial task but it could be done if there were
enough volunteers to undertake this task.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
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