X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45932902.5010001@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 21:16:34 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061108 Fedora/1.5.0.8-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.8 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Updated cygwin dlls cause unnecessary reboot on NT References: <458FDC4E.9040505@cygwin.com> <458FEC2E.70705@tlinx.org> <45902BC4.50803@tlinx.org> <4590BD4E.5020905@cygwin.com> <45910426.9030603@tlinx.org> <459133CB.3080102@ukf.net> <45916391.1090906@tlinx.org> <20061228014045.GA6220@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> In-Reply-To: <20061228014045.GA6220@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 07:17:47PM -0600, Andrew DeFaria wrote: >> Igor Peshansky wrote: >>> Open-source works by scratching your itch, not by getting someone else >>> to scratch it for you. >> Actually getting someone else to scratch that itch sometimes does work! > > Right! And, the perfect way to have the itch scratched is to claim that > you know better than everyone else, imply that people don't care about > the end-user experience, assert that you won't even bother submitting a > patch because it would be automatically rejected for no good reason, > rail about flaws in open source, ignore patient attempts to explain how > things work, and never give up in the face of logical arguments, relying > instead on repeating all of the above ad infinitum. > > This technique is, apparently, a sure-fire way to get someone to do > something for you. We're just still in the ad infinitum stage. As soon > as that stage is over, someone will surely get to work on this crucial > patch. Phew! That's a relief. Just one question - will the patch be back-ported to Window 3.11? I need it badly! ;-) -- 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? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/