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Re: Next net release will be 1.1.3
> The theory that people using snapshots know what they are doing was
> disproved long ago. I initially wanted the snapshots to be only
> used by developers but that never really caught on.
I can fix this, but it will annoy the developers too. Of course, they
should be building out of CVS anyway :-)
> >That's a good idea. I, however, think "1.1.1+20000522" should be in
> >place of "1.1.2".
>
> The snapshot date has been part of the dll for some time:
OK, let me ask a different question. If a user is using a snapshot,
and you later ask them "what version of cygwin1.dll are you using?",
where do you expect them to get the answer to that? And, can we
change *that* spot to tell them it's a snapshot?