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Re: 1.7.2 release?


On Jan 26 14:10, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 07:02:13PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >
> >I think we could release 1.7.2 really soon now.  I was hoping for end
> >of next week.  However, at least the following points are still open:
> >
> >- The AFS FS access problem.  I'm working on that one.
> >
> >- Discussion: Linux or Windows default charsets as Cygwin default charsets
> >  in locales without explicit charset?
> >
> >  My POV: I'm interested in POSIX/Linux interoperability in the first
> >  place.  Native Windows interop is nice, but second.  And eventually
> >  there is a workaround:  LANG="foo_BAR.CHARSET".
> >
> >- Multiple reports of git+ssh interoperability.  I was hoping that
> >  Eric would have a look into that...
> >
> >- $ echo LOG:bananas | tee >(grep "^LOG:" > file.txt)
> >  LOG:bananas
> >  tee: /dev/fd/63: Bad file descriptor
> >
> >  Is that a fifo problem?  If so, it might not be overly pressing since
> >  it would be an extension rather than a fix, wouldn't it?
> >
> >Anything else?
> 
> I have been tinkering with the fifo problems.  There is a select()
> problem right now that I haven't been able to fix.
> 
> I completely redesigned it a couple of weekends ago and made it much
> much worse.  So I'm making progress.
> 
> If it comes down to it, I guess this wouldn't be a regression but it
> would be nice to have the fifo stuff working better.  I'm beginning to
> think that equating named pipes with fifos might not have been a good
> idea.  It seems like there's obvious linkage between the two but the
> underlying model really is different.

Would sockets under the hood work better for fifos, just as for AF_UNIX
sockets?


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Project Co-Leader          cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat


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