X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4B994906.8080204@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:48:22 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.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@cygwin.com Subject: Re: git stopped working with 1.7.1 References: <10711.1261594527@gemini.franz.com> <27300928.post@talk.nabble.com> <4B5D7DDF.6070904@gmx.de> <6ee4c8381002121948x2a0a48fci7918eae743cc03c8@mail.gmail.com> <26824.1268333412@gemini.franz.com> In-reply-to: <26824.1268333412@gemini.franz.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; 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 On 3/11/2010 1:50 PM, Kevin Layer wrote: > Brian L. wrote: > >>> From this thread I gather that little or no progress has been made on >>> addressing the root cause of this issue. It still seems to be broken >>> with the latest 1.7 series packages. >>> >>> What is the proper method for getting this bug in front of the guys >>> who maintain the openssh package? The cygwin website suggests that the >>> mailing list is the proper channel, but it doesn't seem like anyone's >>> seriously looking into this as an openssh issue. >>> >>> It's clearly affecting more than a few users and the workaround, while >>> reliable, is quite lame. Can this please get a little bit more >>> priority? > > and another month goes by... > > If there is work going on behind the scenes, it would be nice to hear > from the developer(s) working on it. > > If it is not being worked on... I agree with Brian. This is a serious > impediment to using Cygwin 1.7. I would think it would be of top > priority. As always, it's worth noting that one way to jump-start activity in an area of open source that is of interest to you is dig in and offer some insights to the problem that's affecting you. I guess this goes without saying though, sometimes, it's beneficial to say things that don't need to be said. ;-) -- 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