> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:08:58 +0100 > Subject: Re: How/Where do I get an older version of Cygwin? > From: andy > To: cygwin > > I'd recommend against using the "Prev" button. It gives you a rather > random collection of old packages, where some are years older than the > current one and others just a couple of weeks. There's no guarantee > that those disparate versions will actually work together properly, in > fact, it's very likely that things will break. It sure doesn't get > tested. > > Going back to the previous version of a particular package is useful > when there's a regression in the latest version, but doing the same > across the whole distro, not so much. Cygwin 1.5 and setup-legacy.exe > is the way to go if you want something old and unsupported that > actually works. > > Question: would anyone miss the "Prev" button if it were to disappear? > I agree with eliminating it. ...Karl
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