On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 at 17:41, Brian Inglis via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote: > > Please retry with latest test 3.6 as it is scheduled to be promoted to current > stable in the next few weeks.
We are VERY concerned that this plan will backfire. Basically nothing here works right now, and we are still trying to determinate the root causes. Plural. Too many bugs. Ced > > On 2025-02-20 06:58, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: > > Given that updating to Cygwin 3.6 broke LOTS of scripts and > > applications here, and therefore seems to be MONTHS away from being > > usable, it'll be nice to put fac7441835b00d3b9a8252538bcf54c441c3841e > > on the 3.5-branch and make a Cygwin 3.5.8 release. > > > > On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 at 19:36, Cedric Blancher wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 at 11:54, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: > >> On Feb 18 07:59, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: > >>> Are all sparse file fixes in MAIN available in the cygwin-3_5-branch > >>> branch too, except > >>> https://cygwin.com/git/?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=commit;h=fac7441835b00d3b9a8252538bcf54c441c3841e > >>> which seems to be still missing > >> > >> Will stay missing in the 3.5 branch. > > > > That would leave the 3.5-branch with BROKEN sparse file support > > > >> Next release will be 3.6.0. > > > > Well, lots of stuff does not work on 3.6 yet, so I am not sure whether > > a 3.5.8 with fac7441835b00d3b9a8252538bcf54c441c3841e might be better > > -- > Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada > > La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved > non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add > mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retrancher but when there is no more to cut > -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry > > -- > 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 -- Cedric Blancher <cedric.blanc...@gmail.com> [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CedricBlancher/] Institute Pasteur -- 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
