Re: patch for README.Cygwin

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

2012/1/4 marco atzeri <address@hidden>:
> On 1/4/2012 4:26 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
>>
>> On 4 January 2012 10:12, marco atzeri<address@hidden>  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> attached patch to update "etc/README.Cygwin"
>>> suggestions and comments
>>
>>
>> I've pushed your patch:
>>
>>     http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/2f05228cb959
>>
>> However, seeing how Octave 3.6 is about to be released, perhaps you
>> should rewrite it as if Octave 3.6 had already been released?
>>
>> There's an unfortunate synchronicity issue, where the README should
>> refer to the latest version of Octave , but you can't make a 3.6
>> Cygwin package until 3.6 is released.
>>
>> Perhaps this README should simply say that a Cygwin package of Octave
>> is available, and the version-specific details should go in another
>> README inside the Cygwin package?
>
>
> This README.Cygwin is focused on the tips, tricks and problems
> someone can find building octave from source.
> Just in case someone want to test the things by themselves,
> or if I stop to be involved on cygwin for any reason.
>
> People using the binary package have no need of those info,
> for them I have another README.

So you think there is no synchronicity problem between Octave
releases, this README, and Cygwin?

- Jordi G. H.