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Date:	Wed, 3 Sep 2003 15:16:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To:	james <james AT biosci DOT utexas DOT edu>
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James,

Please keep communication of this sort on the list unless specifically
asked for a private message, so others can find it in the archives.
Also, please make sure your mailer honors the Reply-To:  field.

What I meant was that if (when) you figure out how to compile DDD, the
next logical step would be to package it for Cygwin to save others this
trouble.  We all started this way.
	Igor

On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, james wrote:

> hi, igor,
> i appreciate the suggestion. but at this point, i'm too much of a novice
> to figure out what keeps my own compiled ddd executable from running right.
>
> james
>
> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
> >One way to help all those people and minimize the number of such queries
> >is to contribute DDD as a Cygwin package and volunteer to maintain it, so
> >that it can be installed using Cygwin setup.  See the Package
> >Contributor's Guide at <http://cygwin.com/setup.html> for information on
> >how to become a package maintainer -- it's easier than most people
> >realize.
> >	Igor
> >
> >On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, james wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>i acknowledge you're right. i didn't know it until you mentioned insight
> >>when i asked about ddd. but ddd is not only a popular graphical
> >>front-end debugger, it's become the debugger of choice for many people,
> >>which is -- i daresay -- why the subject keeps coming up.
> >>
> >>Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:34:24AM -0500, james wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>The typical response to ddd problems is "Why not just use 'insight'?"
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>that's kind of like saying, "why not just use windows?" i think it's fairly
> >>>>obvious that users would like to have the choice.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Most of the time when people ask this question they don't even
> >>>know that a graphical debugger comes with the gdb distribution.

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