X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20100913163523.GA25859@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> References: <4C8E3A4B.8030909@cygwin.com> <20100913173648.15137e2d0sfh16o0@webmail.df.eu> <20100913163523.GA25859@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:51:53 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Cygwin instabilities From: Al To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 > You seem to be approaching this problem as if people will say "Ah! > Stability issues! Right. =A0Well, ok, here's what you need to know." > It's not me thinking in the bug -> solution pattern here. I don't ask for a solution. > > If you think that asking a group of strangers for help with a nebulously > defined "instability" is really going to get you any useful responses > then you must not be well-acquainted with open source. > I ask for an estimation. I ask people that work intensively with Cygwin, to have a second opinion. Then I can compare it to the non-cygwin-advocates. So please don't take it the wrong way. I don't want to start a flame. Would be the wrong place anyway. :-) > As a project lead, here's my advice: If you are concerned that Cygwin is > unstable then buy support from Red Hat. =A0Then you have a guaranteed > recourse if something doesn't work. If I would sell closed source product, instead of devolping an OS one. ... but than I could advice the customer to buy the Interix layer instead. Al -- 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