X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:21:38 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: FAQ suggestion Message-ID: <20080319042138.GF22446@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20080318232317 DOT GA22446 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <47E05D4D DOT 8000000 AT byu DOT net> <20080319040517 DOT GD22446 AT ednor 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/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) 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 Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 09:14:21PM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote: >:-) > >Seriously, though, something belongs in the FAQ >about this stuff, doesn't it? My third draft was >only one quarter satire; most of it was pretty straight >up. I can redraft it without the satire if you like. >Don't assume that everyone who asks the question >is trying to cheat or bend the rules; I'm a pretty fierce >free software advocate myself. I assume that they are either trying to 1) cheat, 2) bend the rules, 3) not spend any time whatsoever worrying about the problem, or 4) become annoyed because they have thought about it for thirty seconds and it seems like we're purposely trying to punish them. But, yes, sure, a FAQ entry would not be a bad idea. 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/