Sorry for the unclarity - I meant this for the whole list - not just you. Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. Like you said, this really is all volunteers.
For the whole list: Totally taking into account the all volunteer nature of Cygwin, would it make sense to defer on further non-emergency releases of Cygwin until all packages that are EOL have been updated? Since this is the case with ruby, I am guessing it's likely the case with other packages in Cygwin too. Is there a Issues log of some sort (ala github) for Cygwin somewhere, so that I can document this in the backlog and come back later to investigate this myself if I have time this winter? On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 8:11 PM Eliot Moss <m...@cs.umass.edu> wrote: > On 10/11/2023 6:36 PM, Hendrickson, Eric D wrote: > > Hi Eliot, > > > > Thanks for responding. That makes total sense. > > > > Totally taking into account the all volunteer nature of Cygwin, would it > make sense to defer on further non-emergency releases of Cygwin until all > packages that are EOL have been updated? Since this is the case with ruby, > I am guessing it's likely the case with other packages in Cygwin too. > > > > Is there a backlog for Cygwin somewhere, so that I can investigate this > myself if I have time this winter? > > > > Thank you and all the best, > > Eric > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Eliot Moss <m...@cs.umass.edu> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 5:03 PM > > To: Hendrickson, Eric D <e...@optum.com>; cygwin@cygwin.com > > Cc: Eric @ Gmail <ericdavidhendrick...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: Ruby EOL in Cygwin 3.4.9? > > > > On 10/11/2023 12:37 PM, Hendrickson, Eric D via Cygwin wrote: > >> Hello all, > >> > >> As a ~25 year user and sometime contributor to Cygwin, I support Cygwin > here at my place of work. Does anyone know why we are deploying Ruby 2.6 > which EOL about 18 months ago? > >> > >> https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/branches/ > >> > >> I'm concerned about proliferation of EOL versions of Ruby in case some > security risk / 0Day is identified. > >> > >> Please advise. > >> Eric Hendrickson > > You should send such things to the list, not me. I'm just > a user who has only made occasional small contributions ... > > Eliot > > > If nobody has responded I can give a generic response: > > "Because cygwin is all volunteer and someone has not volunteered, or did > volunteer and is behind, or fell off the radar." > > > > Someone else will know how to look up if there is a currently registered > volunteer for Ruby ... > > > > Eliot Moss > > > >> This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or > >> proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity > >> to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the > >> intended recipient or intended recipient’s authorized agent, the > >> reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or > >> copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail > >> in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and > delete this e-mail immediately. > >> > > > > This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or > > proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity > > to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the > intended > > recipient or intended recipient’s authorized agent, the reader is hereby > > notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail > is > > prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the > > sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. > > -- Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders. -- Law and Governance, The Spacing Guild Manual, Children of Dune -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
