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Re: Can upset handle more than one prev: tag?


Christopher schrieb:

> On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 01:51:46PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
>>Christopher schrieb:
>>> If there are problems with perl 5.8.x, shouldn't we be fixing the
>>> problems?
>>
>>Sure, this is the way to go.  However, I want to keep 5.6.1 around as
>>long as possible.  Since it will be@the mirrors it is always possible
>>to fetch it and instal it manually.  And the 'Joe User' will see 5.8.2
>>as previous and 5.8.5 as current.

> Please don't assume that since perl is already a package in the cygwin
> distribution that a separate 5.6.1 version is a given.  If you are
> going to be adding a new package to the distribution, you need to
> go through the normal approval process.

> I'll state again that I don't think that it is a good idea to include
> 5.6.1.

Until I changed the setup.hint today perl-5.6.1 was at the mirrors and
it was the previous version always.  Now the current is 5.8.5 and 5.8.2
is previous.  I will not delete 5.6.1 if not someone forces me to do
so.


Gerrit
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