X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:09:24 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: screen [ping cgf] Message-ID: <20070216140923.GB26252@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20070215214715 DOT GA1972 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 08:16:02PM -0500, Andrew Schulman wrote: >> >screen is an extremely useful program, that people have been asking for in >> >Cygwin for a long time. I'd be willing to package it, but when I floated >> >the idea a year ago or so, the feeling seemed to be that there were still >> >too many bugs to make it useful. If people can live with (or even better, >> >test and help me try to fix) the unkilled-child-process bug, then I'm >> >willing. I could release it as a test version. >> > >> >Yes? No? >> >> What do I have to do with this? If you are responding to something that >> I said then please post a reference and don't leave everyone guessing. > >I was imagining that you would remember the conversation. ...from almost two years ago. Uh huh. >http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2005-04/msg00183.html So, as I so wisely said two years ago: If you can't use one of the major features of screen, it doesn't sound like the package is ready for prime time. And, just in case you're wondering if I am going to volunteer to help you track down problems - I'm not. So, maybe anyone who wants screen should volunteer to help. 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/