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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 14:09:57 -0600 (CST)
From: Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Will next cygwin1.dll release have the select() fix?
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On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 Brian DOT Kelly AT Empireblue DOT com wrote:

> BRAVO!
>
> My hearty congratulations to Mr. Ford.
>
> I'm sure it will look good on his resume.
>
> >>>  *I was actually given Brian Ford*
>
> I thought slavery in this country ended with the Civil War, or is Mr. Ford
> a form of *artificial intelligence*?
>
Yeah, that's it!  I'm just a robot creation of Chris'.  That happens
automatically when you start hacking on Cygwin code, like Chris said.

> Anyhow - how much do you want for him/it?
>
> ;-D
>
Sorry, not for sale.

In all fairness, I did answer your question, all be it in a somewhat
sarcastic manner.  Reread the quote below.

I'm sure it was not really deserving of a gold star.  So, I'll gladly
relinquish it if it'll make you feel better.

Brian Ford wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 Brian DOT Kelly AT Empireblue DOT com wrote:
>> Chris Faylor wrote:
>>> I'm wondering what you think the term "snapshot" means.
>>>
>> cvs - as opposed to setup.exe
>>
>What do you think the cvs repository is for?
>
>> So I take it I'm wrong and can get the select() fix via default setup.exe?
>>
>Not now, but the next release will be based off cvs.  Doh!
>
>That is what snapshots are for, to test for a yet to be determined
>future release.
>
>>> Standard flip answer: Definitely by December 2004.
>>>
>> Is there such a thing as a standard "non-flip" answer?
>>
> Cygwin is a voluteer effort.  Releases do not happen on a schedule.
> Volunteer yourself, or take what you get.
>

Anyway, can we *please* just drop this noise now.

-- 
Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
Phone: 314-551-8460
Fax:   314-551-8444

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