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Subject: Re: cannot checkout cygwin
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:55:56 +0100
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Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 07:05:36PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote:
>> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 11:47:54AM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote:
>>>> But I can repair it if you like.
>>>
>>> I know how to repair it.
>>
>> I wasn't calling you stupid.  I was just volunteering my time for this.
>
> I know that.  I apologize for my tone which suggested otherwise.  I
> shouldn't send email when I'm rushed.  And, I certainly shouldn't berate
> someone who was offering to help.
>
> Sorry.

That's OK.

What were your views on the rest of my email:

| I agree that it is unlikely that anyone will attempt a date-based checkout
| of a year-old Cygwin and try to build it.
|
| I was suggesting that it be fixed, because I don't see any reason to leave
| it broken. After all, old metadata isn't considered completely
irrelevant -
| if it was, sites would make it policy to delete old revisions from CVS
after
| a certain time had passed.
|
| Now, I acknowledge that this is not a critically important issue, but I
also
| think that is not trivial enough to not even be worth discussion.


I.e. would you like me to fix it?


Max.



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