X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-SWARE-Spam-Status:	No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00
X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
X-Yahoo-SMTP:	Uu383n6swBCEN1G9up0WSnxbvN8fCPmk
Message-ID:	<4C8E4BB8.5090507@cygwin.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:05:12 -0400
From:	"Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Reply-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
User-Agent:	Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Cygwin instabilities
References:	<AANLkTim+hU+Cg6_J83B_h9VHsL8wiC4Xh7TbcwzjSjkW AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <4C8E3A4B DOT 8030909 AT cygwin DOT com> <AANLkTimX-AztuJvS-RG+bZqWCVN7tEdQXs6Ogw_fCZC5 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <20100913173648 DOT 15137e2d0sfh16o0 AT webmail DOT df DOT eu> <AANLkTi==Dok1uNspQumrPZmm3dEmrt8RN9cjLvEhiiC0 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
In-Reply-To:	<AANLkTi==Dok1uNspQumrPZmm3dEmrt8RN9cjLvEhiiC0@mail.gmail.com>
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On 9/13/2010 11:57 AM, Al wrote:
>> These two things are related. Remember that Cygwin is an open source
>
> Sure it is related, but that doesn't answer my question.
>
>> Who would keep counters of stable or instable setups? These number are
>> exceptionally hard to come by. Even if this list is now flooded with "my
>> setup works" and "mine too" posts, these numbers would not be
>
> No that is not the way to go. I think there are people which run
> Cygwin on more than 1 machine, so they have a personal estimation and
> experience.
>
>> representative. Users may have given up on Cygwin due to instabilities
>> without notifying the list. Others may run Cygwin so happily they never
>
> Right. Similar I can't report the bugs for people telling me, they
> don't use Cygwin, because of stability issues they encountered in the
> past.

OK.  Well without any specifics about a particular issue and/or point in
time, there's really no way for anyone on this list to respond to this
type of query.  If someone finds something, the best way to handle the
problem is to report it here following the guidelines of
<http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.

-- 
Larry Hall                              http://www.rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
216 Dalton Rd.                          (508) 893-9889 - FAX
Holliston, MA 01746

_____________________________________________________________________

A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

- Raw text -