X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:05:48 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Latest Cygwin Release 5 month old... Message-ID: <20060626210548.GB19357@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <002401c690e2$6f2656b0$0a3b6080 AT joehome> <449208C4 DOT 4CF28807 AT dessent DOT net> <4495C806 DOT 2020805 AT tlinx DOT org> <4495D125 DOT 4693156F AT dessent DOT net> <44971306 DOT 8030109 AT tlinx DOT org> <61f6f4390606211303q5f1d64d8q4ffcf061d344ec52 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <449AEF16 DOT 2040900 AT tlinx DOT org> <61f6f4390606230948q5780d456l4e4fac9110038147 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <44A037C7 DOT 9080206 AT tlinx DOT org> <44A0442A DOT 3040101 AT etr-usa DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44A0442A.3040101@etr-usa.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 02:31:38PM -0600, Warren Young wrote: >Linda Walsh wrote: >>Really? a 6 y/o, 800MHz Celeron w/512M, & 4MB video taken out of main >>memory? You have alot more patience than me. > >That's well over VMWare's recommended minimum configuration. I'm >pretty sure the first machine I used VMware on was in roughly that same >class. I was using Linux as a host for it, which helped, though. > >The way I look at it, you can continue to write complaint messages to >the Cygwin mailing list, or you can spend some time waiting for VMware >to grind through some tests. You're going to spend some time either >way. Which seems a more sensible use of your time? Bingo. This is generally obvious advice which goes beyond "vmware". This concept can also be applied to the people who send email trying to figure out the fastest way to download cygwin because they have a slow internet connection or people who ask where to find things in source code and then wait two days for a reply... In any event, maybe we can stop talking about this now? Warren, I appreciate your creative solution to this "problem" and hope you have provided some fuel for thought for some people who may now be thinking about testing snapshots. However, I think it's pretty obvious that we've gone beyond the point where further discussion is relevant to cygwin. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/