> * Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-23 16:50:25 +0200]: > > I try to support at least older versions up to ca. 3 years old, so that I > don't get too many failure reports from people who installed their system > 2 or 3 years ago. "3 years" is related to the average lifetime of a PC.
this might be a good idea for OSes (linux, woe &c) because an OS upgrade is something people may be reluctant to do too often. cygwin is different: cygwin update does not even require a reboot (start setup.exe, click "next" 6 times, you are done). people often do it weekly and older version are explicitly unsupported. e.g., after 1.5.11 is out, people who report _any_ problem with 1.5.10 are told to upgrade without even looking at the problem. Supporting cygwin older than 2-3 months is an eminent waste of time. (like backporting readline 5 to run on ms dos 2.0) -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running w2k <http://www.palestinefacts.org/> <http://www.honestreporting.com> <http://www.memri.org/> <http://ffii.org/> <http://www.mideasttruth.com/> There are 3 kinds of people: those who can count and those who cannot. _______________________________________________ bug-gnulib mailing list bug-gnulib@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnulib
