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Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:32:05 -0400
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Subject: Re: Unwanted texlive invasion
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>
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On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote:
> On 26/09/2012 2:17 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 02:13:20PM -0400, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 09:03:46AM -0700, Wynfield Henman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> In my humble opinion cygwin should be open to improvement and, we
>>>>> should keep cygwin's purpose as a base system, which is as full, and
>>>>> as easy, and as close to a *nix environment as possible.
>>>>
>>>> And the wonder of open source is that you don't have to just offer
>>>> opinions.  You can actually offer changes which implement your brilliant
>>>> ideas.
>>>
>>> But that makes it like work and you know how we all don't have time to
>>> give to open source projects.  It's a wonder any open source project
>>> exists with such lack of available time about.  I barely have the time
>>> to respond and read to list mail.  Now you expect me to contribute!?
>>> Sheesh.  ;p
>>
>> Sorry.  Now I feel bad for wasting your time with my email.
>
> Pretty sure he's being sarcastic, though it may be exactly what some other
> folks are thinking...

Oh, Ryan, you don't know Chris very well.  He was giving sarcasm as well. :D

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