RFC: linux compatibility

DJ Delorie dj@delorie.com
Fri Oct 13 14:36:00 GMT 2000


> My biggest concern is backwards compatibility.
> Is it worth Linux compatibility if it means "cygwin2.dll"?

The timezone API is the biggest problem here, and the most visible.
Changing that might break compatibility all by itself.  I haven't
checked into the whole story enough to know for sure.  I agree
backward compatibility is an important goal.

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