X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.6 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: <46A06B8E364A45CB95D16BCD109D88D0@multiplay.co.uk> References: <4C938040.3080704@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20100918214807.GA29546@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <46A06B8E364A45CB95D16BCD109D88D0@multiplay.co.uk> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:46:15 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: simplifying rebaseall 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 > I'd beg to differ; I'd suggest it is, as suggested by the OP, > actually quite a common use. You only have to look at the use of > say perl and you will have users quite regularly compiling their > own DLL's as they install modules via CPAN, and this is quite painful > due to all the issues it can present with rebase. > > While I love cygwin, I must say that its supporting community can > be very dismissive of its users to the point of alienating potential > contributors. I myself has have experienced this on several occasions > and have ended up finding myself not raising issues that affect us > daily for fear of being shot down for no more reason that someone > doesn't "think" its import to fix or should "work" that way anyway > or even doesn't like the way you structured you post. > > To reiterate I still think that developers deserve much respect > and thanks for all the effort they put in, but a little more open > mindedness and approachability like that which can be found in other > open source communities such as SFU and FreeBSD wouldn't go a miss > sometimes ;-) > > =A0 Regards > =A0 Steve > thanks -- 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