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Re: bash-2.x
- To: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <jan at digicash dot com>, yodl at icce dot rug dot nl
- Subject: Re: bash-2.x
- From: Geoffrey Noer <noer at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 03:11:28 +0000
- Cc: "ir. Wendy" <hanwen at cs dot ruu dot nl>, gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- References: <199807230858.KAA03131@digicash.com>
On Thu, Jul 23, 1998 at 10:58:13AM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
[...]
> What about 'if you choose to use beta software, you suffer?' And why
> is cygnus distributing a beta shell with gnu-windows?
My installed copy of the b19 release includes bash 2.01.1, not a beta
of bash 2.02.
In any case, we have called the GNU-Win32 net releases themselves
"betas" so far. As long as that is the case, I would have no problem
including a stable beta version of bash. 202 fixes numorous problems
(including the one where control-C kills backgrounded applications
which is my favorite fix).
It is possible that we will drop the beta designation on the GNU-Win32
net releases at some point. I have been putting that off, waiting
until we believe that Cygwin32 fully conforms to POSIX.1, some
performance improvements are made, etc... But I suppose that's not
entirely necessary. I tend to view the majority of software packages
(including Windows 95) as really being "beta" quality but I may be
overly paranoid...
--
Geoffrey Noer
noer@cygnus.com
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