On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:02:25PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: > I don't see any benefits to appending the cygwin version number to > the triplet. That just makes extra typing. So what if there is new > functionality? That's what configure is supposed to determine.
That is generally my preference, too. People get all hung up on version numbers. > What other systems emit version numbers after the OS name? Solaris. I think I agree with you, Chris. I don't think the version number should be appended if at all possible. It discourages people from writing proper feature tests. Cheers, Ben -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
