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Re: 1.7.1 release date?
On Dec 4 11:13, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 05:04:00PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >- Copy setup.exe to setup-1.5.exe.
> >
> > Question: Should we call it setup-9x.exe?
>
> I think setup-legacy makes more sense.
Ok.
> >- Create a win-9x.html page which just contains a short drivel about
> > Windows 9x not being supported anymore and for sake of the 4 9x users
> > we still provide an unsupported old release of Cygwin. Please use
> > setup-1.5.exe to install that old unsupported version. Did I mention
> > that it's unsupported? Oh and, old documentation is available under
> > cygwin.com/1.5/{cygwin-api/cygwin-api,cygwin-ug-net/index,faq}.html
>
> Doesn't calling it "win-9x" almost guarantee the "What about Windows ME"
> question?
I'm planing to make this absolutely clear in the pointers to that page,
and the text on this page.
> >- Create a new index.html page which drops the beta release fluff.
> >
> >So that leaves for the next week:
> >
> >- Waiting for your ok.
> >
> >- Upload Cygwin 1.7.1.
> >
> >- Create new "News" article for 1.7.1.
> >
> >- Commit web changes.
> >
> >- Write announcement.
> >
> >- Go into vacation immediatly.
> >
> >Does that sound about right?
>
> I'm not sure how this relates to the current release directory layout.
> I was thinking that release-2 -> release and release -> release-legacy.
> I thought that setup-legacy.exe would install the old stuff and
> setup.exe would, as always, install the current stuff.
We discussed this already multiple times. The idea was not to rename
the new release directory. It will be still called release-2 and only
the unionfs is supposed to go away. Otherwise you would have to rebuild
the old setup version as well. It's a lot of hassle for no gain.
> Then, I wasn't planning on an immediate vacation but I'm sure my wife
> won't mind if we schedule one.
Hang on, the vacation was an intrinsic part of the plan. You *have*
to take it.
Corinna
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