1.7 packages

[Christopher Faylor]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 07:42:49AM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote:
>"Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)" wrote:
>
>> * where can a list of practical changes between 1.5 and 1.7 be found?
>
>Probably the best list is:
><http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2008-04/msg00185.html>.  However,
>things are always in flux.
>
>> * can 1.7 be installed and/or run in parallel to 1.5, or is a separate
>> box required?
>> * how is 1.7 to be installed?
>
>They can't be run in parallel (simultaneously), but they can be
>installed in parallel.  1.7 reads the mount table in /etc/fstab, which
>means if you keep a 1.7 tree it won't see the mounts of your normal 1.5
>tree in the registry.

But whhhwyyyyy???  Whhhyyyy can't they be run in parallel???  I *want* them
to run in parallllelellelelllllllll.

I know it isn't haaarrrrrdddddd!  Whyyyy won't you do thissss???

-a knowledgeable CygWin user