At 07:15 PM 1/16/2002, Reini Urban wrote: >Reini: > > >what about "real" versioning of the cygwin.dll finally? > > >perl did the half-baked thing (perl56.dll), though I heavily voted for > > >the real thing that times. > > >cygwin also (cygwin1.dll). why not cygwin-$(version).dll => cygwin-1.1.6.dll > > > > > >this is not FAT16 anymore. we have w95/98/ME and NT systems only. > > >all support long filenames. > > >duplicate dll's will be gone. microsoft dll hell will be past tense. > >"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" schrieb: > > The issue is not as simple as just DLL names. Of course, if you want > > to show us all your dandy solution, provide a patch and it will be > > thoughtfully reviewed. > >is this list about politics (software design) or patches (software >implementation) only?
If you have something to discuss regarding Cygwin, this is the list for it. I'm not suggesting that you were off-topic. It's just we get *many* "suggestions" here and very few willing to follow-up on them. I'm just trying to nudge you into "putting your money where your mouth is". ;-) >of course dll names are just part of the game. but an important one, >which bit microsoft heavily AFAIK. >cygwin does support softlinks, so we should use them. >the implementation is trivial, but there should be consense. If you believe it's a trivial implementation, then do it and send a patch to cygwin-patches. Just because you submit a patch doesn't mean it won't get discussed or reviewed. A patch is a great way to indicate exactly what you think should be done. Otherwise, we're really just guessing at your specific ideas. I am in no way discouraging you in your pursuit of this issue but I would say that unless you have some understanding of the internals of Cygwin, I take your comment about the triviality of the change rather lightly. But, like I said, I know at least I have no idea how you plan to implement this so if you do so and submit a patch, it allows us all to understand exactly what you have in mind. BTW, this issue has come up before and has been discussed, in case you weren't aware and/or haven't seen it in the email archives. Happy coding! :-) Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
