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| author | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2001-09-23 14:06:32 +0400 |
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| committer | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2001-09-23 14:06:32 +0400 |
| commit | 45b9eb3144f842866bf8bb2143a57acb00823b7c (patch) | |
| tree | df11c2cef3bd22568c6ab3051e23be9c93c5dce8 | |
| parent | 9854ada7547fab60f8283aad78deff6011ac4d5b (diff) | |
1.1.x -> 1.3.x in "recent history"
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/what.texinfo | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/what.texinfo b/winsup/doc/what.texinfo index 145e42d51..f5f279303 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/what.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/what.texinfo @@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ on April 17, 2000. This new release also had a new version of the Cygwin DLL -- 1.1.0. Most of the other packages were updated and some packages from the Cygwin CD were included. Meanwhile, the Cygwin DLL continues to be -updated, and is more generically referred to as "1.1.x". +updated, and since release 1.3.1, is more generically referred to as +"1.3.x". Users obtain this package by first downloading a version of @code{setup.exe}. This program started as a simple command line tool, @@ -118,20 +119,20 @@ In effect, it is a smaller, more intelligent replacement for FULL.EXE. It does not require the downloading a huge executable but rather downloads individual small packages. -Does this mean that the new net release of the Cygwin package is 1.1.x? +Does this mean that the new net release of the Cygwin package is 1.3.x? No. We no longer label the releases with the Cygwin version number. Each package in the cygwin release has its own version now. -Does this mean that Cygwin 1.1.x is newer than B20.1? Yes! The cygwin -1.1.x versions all represent continual improvement in the Cygwin DLL. -Although the 1.1.x code is still considered "beta quality", the Cygwin +Does this mean that Cygwin 1.3.x is newer than B20.1? Yes! The cygwin +1.3.x versions all represent continual improvement in the Cygwin DLL. +Although the 1.3.x code is still considered "beta quality", the Cygwin team felt comfortable enough with the cygwin technology to bump the version number to "1". The other packages in the latest directory are also continually -improving, some thanks to the efforts of net volunteers who maintain the -cygwin binary ports. Each package has its own version numbers and -its own release process. +improving, thanks to the efforts of net volunteers who maintain the +cygwin binary ports. Each package has its own version numbers and its +own release process. So, how do you get the most up-to-date version of cygwin? Easy. Just download the setup.exe program from your closest mirror. This program |