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Re: How/Where do I get an older version of Cygwin?
On Fri, 27 Aug 2010, Charles Wilson wrote:
On 8/27/2010 7:05 PM, Peter A. Castro wrote:
On Fri, 27 Aug 2010, Andy Koppe wrote:
Question: would anyone miss the "Prev" button if it were to disappear?
Yes, I, for one, would miss it. While it may give a "random collection
of old packages", for packages that are actively maintained it does give
you the ability to revert to the previous version that is/was working
when the "current" version either does not do what you want or, in some
cases, breaks what you already had working. For that reason alone, the
"Prev" has value.
Peter, I think you're misinterpreting Andy's proposal. He's not talking
about the ability to click on the 'spinner' icon, to cycle thru various
versions of a specific package. He's talking about the 'Prev' radio
button, which can have VERY unexpected results.
Hmm....I had taken it to mean complete removal of all "prev"
functionality, spinner and all. So, if that's not what was proposed,
then I'd say:
"never mind"
(*sigh* that's what I get for not taking time to fully read every single
email)
It reverts EVERY package that you have installed to the prev version of
that package -- not just a single package whose current version may be
giving you temporary difficulties.
Yes, I'm aware of that (and I have used exactly that functionality on
occasion to interesting results, I'll admit), but was taking the wrong
meaning of the proposal. My mistake.
I suppose there's not a lot of sense in keeping "Prev", then.
I retract my objection.
(I'll go back to mumbling in the corner now :)
Thanks, Chuck!
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