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How "beta" is the beta 1.7?
- From: Rance Hall <ranceh at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:06:18 -0600
- Subject: How "beta" is the beta 1.7?
The timeline for 1.7 going stable is any day now. (late November,
early December)
I am running a windows 7 box that I want to install the new 1.7
Ive used older versions of cygwin so I know what to expect as far as
usage goes, but these questions weren't covered in the FAQ as far as I
could tell.
1) I would like to install the "beta" but have a concern about
needing to reinstall when 1.7 does go "stable". Is this concern bogus
or is there some basis in reality for it?
If all I have to do is run setup again, I can live with that, but if I
have to download a new setup and "overwrite" the existing install, I
might just wait it out.
2) Some of you may know of the program poderosa, which I have used in
the past, poderosa is a tool that lets you open tabbed browsers and
use ssh/telnet/and cygwin and has plugins that allow you to support
null modem connections and zmodem up/downloads all at the same time.
With my test install of windows 7 poderosa could not detect that
cygwin was installed. I assume that this is caused by a registry
entry that the old installer could not set. Is there any confirmation
of this and if cygwin 1.7 fixes this?
Thanks for the help
Rance
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