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Re: [HEADSUP] Let's start a Cygwin 1.7 release area


On Apr 14 20:02, Brian Dessent wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> > Yes, I know.  I just don't think it clarifies anything to put a "Red
> > Hat" in the registry.
> 
> I was thinking "Cygwin" would be better as well, but since it is
> supposed to be a two-level heirarchy how about
> "HK{LM,CU}\Software\Cygwin Project\Cygwin".  It has always seemed to me
> that we actively try to de-emphasize any association that Red Hat has in
> the actual day-to-day operation of the project, other than owning the
> copyrights and having their own commercial fork.  Likewise with the

Well, not exactly.  I have done a lot of my 1.7 development lately on
blessed Red Hat time.  The IPv6 changes and the long path name support
wouldn't be as progressed as they are if I hadn't got enough paid time
to do them.  I don't think that deserves to be ignored.


Corinna

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