On 8/17/2012 3:13 PM, Devin Nate wrote:
Hi all;
We use Cygwin in a product we create. Thank you all for the work to make it
such a wonderful product. Our use of the Cygwin env is very limited, comprised
of only: cygwin dll 1.7.9, ssh.exe, rsync.exe, openssl.exe, and required dlls.
Our product rarely changes, so stability is paramount. It's installed on all
variety of machines, and if it stops working is a very costly job to correct.
One of the benefits of this list is that you get to see all the development
going on. One of the drawbacks is that it's hard to tell if there are more or
less stable versions of Cygwin.
My question, of the Cygwin users (or developers), which version would you
select if your goal was maximum stability? 1.7.9 or current 1.7.16 or something
else? This has become a question recently as we have a potential requirement
to do some updates, and shipping a whole new version on 1.7.16 seems
attractive. Alternatively, we can do a semi-cross compile (rebuild ssh on
1.7.16 and run on 1.7.9, which we generally don't like to do). I know 1.7.10
and above had some pretty substantial changes.
Is 1.7.16 super stable, and all the updates/talk on the list is primarily
side-cases.
Which version would you use? Which version(s) would you describe as being the
most rock-solid?
My standing policy is that you always want to be on the latest released
version if for no other reason than it's the one that's supported and
nothing stops the support person from saying "Fixed in the latest
release". YMMV.
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Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
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