On 12/3/2019 3:44 PM, Jon Turney wrote: > On 01/12/2019 19:31, Ken Brown wrote: >> On 8/1/2019 12:05 PM, Jon Turney wrote: >>> e.g. setup -q -g -P python3-lxml (which used to do something useful) >>> currently gets you an (empty) python3-lxml package, which will be replaced >>> by python36-lxml (which obsoletes it) on the next setup run. After this >>> change, python36-lxml is installed instead. >>> >>> See also the dicusssion at >>> https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2017-10/msg00092.html et seq. (where I >>> come to the (incorrect) conclusion that since we don't need this for >>> interactive use, it's not needed) >>> > [...] >> >> Since you don't seem to have gotten any feedback on this patch series, I just >> want to let you know that I've been running setup.exe with these patches for >> a >> couple months, and I haven't seen any regressions. (But I haven't done any >> systematic testing or review.) > > Thanks very much for giving these a try. > > I was recently reminded of these patches and thinking of doing a setup > release > to include them. Are there any other outstanding patches you are aware of?
None that I know of. Ken