X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45493CD1.5080005@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:33:21 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060916 Fedora/1.5.0.7-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.7 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Newbie questions: missing packages / script writing References: <31DDB7BE4BF41D4888D41709C476B657041692CB AT NIHCESMLBX5 DOT nih DOT gov> In-Reply-To: <31DDB7BE4BF41D4888D41709C476B657041692CB@NIHCESMLBX5.nih.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm 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 Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: > on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 4:56 PM, cygwin AT snowstone DOT org DOT uk wrote: >>> If you had read the list of available lists at >>> http://cygwin.com/lists.html, you would have found the correct list. >> I did read that page (amongst my other research), but I guess I'm >> missing something obvious - what list is aimed at cygwin "newbies"? >> >> Adam >> >> -- >> Adam Richardson >> Carpe Diem > > This brings up something that I've thought about for a while. Many > newbie questions are really not about cygwin, but are really about using > a package (in this thread, how does one script in bash). Might it be > appropriate and useful to have a list for non-cygwin-specific questions > about using packages provided by setup? (Or two lists, for X and > non-X.) I know that I feel a part of the cygwin community and might ask > questions on a list like that but not on a list with no cygwin > connection. (Anyway, first I'd have to find the appropriate list.) To me, newbie questions about particular non-Cygwin specific packages/tools are more appropriately addressed to the source of those packages/tools. Actually, I would say that questions of this type should first be researched for the specific package/tool and then if no joy is found, ask the source for help first unless the issue is Cygwin-specific. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/