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From: Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria AT Salira DOT com>
Subject: Re: setup.exe is too small
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:09:36 -0800
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David Robinow wrote:

> Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria AT Salira DOT com> wrote:
>
>> It is indeed a natural assumption that the phrase "to demand that 
>> something be done" is addressed to me, that I was demanding that 
>> something be done.
>
> Andrew, relax. And pay attention. 

I was paying attention. He addressed me. The assumption is natural.

> The whole thread was about people who did seem to demand that 
> something be done. You chimed in to defend them. 

I chimed in to over another view point, not necessarily defend.

> Igor is quite aware of that, as is anybody who bothered to read the 
> previous posts. By the way, I agree with Andrew that "fix it yourself" 
> seems a bit harsh as a response to an obvious newbie.
>
> cat > fixit.yourself
> This has been requested before. For details you may want to search the 
> archives. Please remember that most of the work on Cygwin is done by 
> unpaid volunteers. If this feature is important to you, you may want 
> to consider volunteering to fix it yourself.
> ^d

Yes this sounds much better though I'd perhaps add a little something 
about how to search the archives.



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