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Troy Bull wrote:
> Greetings
> 
> Over the last few days I have ran into the error where a filename is
> too long for cygwin.  I know this has been discussed does anyone have
> a timeline for when this might get changed?

It will be changed for the 1.7.x series.  You can experiment with the
snapshots <http://cygwin.com/snapshots/> if you like.  There are no
firm timeline for the release yet.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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