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Andrew DeFaria wrote: > OK - I'll write up a web page detailing how to use various aspects of > setup, IF you will make the chooser resizable for me. That sentence is incredibly antagonistic. >>> *) Contract someone else to implement the feature for them. "I'll >>> put $20 into a pool for the programmer that completes the feature". > > > I don't have a spare $20 to put into a pool but I'll put in my vote. > Is that good enough? :-) No. As evidenced by the *many* people who have brought this issue up time and again. >>>>> IOW I don't think that just because it's Open Source and you *can* >>>>> fix it yourself, that a flippant "Fix it yourself!" response is >>>>> warranted. >>> >>> Conversely, neither is "Fix it for me!". > > Isn't one of the tenents of Open Source that the developer typically > prides themselves on their code and therefore is quicker to fix bugs > and address problems in their products? Pride does not produce extra hours in the day. > You see to me this is one of > the falacys of the Open Source movement - that the producers will care > enough and have enough time to address such problems. As we can see > this is not always the case. From the view point of the consumer Open > Source is often not workable. You are welcome to stop using Cygwin, if you so wish. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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