Re: Portable MSYS

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Keith Marshall wrote:
> On 04/01/13 13:57, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>>> I've attached my tentative implementation for a portable installation hook;
>>> any comments before I publish it?
>>
>> I'm confused by the version numbers in the file names.  Should it be
>> 1.0.18 instead of 1.0.13?
>
> IMO, no.  That would imply that it requires MSYS-1.0.18, which it
> doesn't; (I've been using it with earlier versions, for a couple of
> years now, in my workplace, but just never got around to publishing,
> before now).
>
> All of its dependencies are designated as MSYS-1.0.13 vintage.  It may
> well work with even earlier versions, but I'm not confident in saying
> that it will; I AM confident that it will work, as intended, with all
> versions from MSYS-1.0.13 onward.  The chosen package name reflects this.

As long as the release notes state that so the documentation can be
ignored by the users I accept this concept.

-- 
Earnie
-- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd

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