X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:19:12 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cygdrive prefix Message-ID: <20090917151911.GA14618@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <182640b4a6730dafadd266e0cfc9d9bf AT mail DOT smartmobili DOT com> <416096c60909161406tbfd73ey7a5b9510e7f97762 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <4AB15B51 DOT 1020006 AT gmail DOT com> <416096c60909162218j2890ea1flec06819fbbc8f282 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <20090917052007 DOT GA12511 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <416096c60909162236g528635a5s72a6788187ad61d2 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <416096c60909162236g528635a5s72a6788187ad61d2@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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, Sep 17, 2009 at 06:36:26AM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >2009/9/17 Christopher Faylor: >>>My real gripe is with setup telling me off about putting Cygwin in the >>>root dir ON EVERY SINGLE UPDATE. >> >> My real gripe is people who COMPLAIN ABOUT FREE SOFTWARE where they >> HAVE THE SOURCE CODE. > >Ah, that old lazy chestnut. Feedback not welcome. At least get a bug >tracker, so you can more efficiently ignore it. Yes, we are in standard territory. You send a complaint to thousands of people and I respond with the observation that you have the power to fix the problem yourself. There is nothing new to see here although it is surprising to me that you, in particular, are in this territory since I would have thought you were one of the people who "got it". We do have a bugzilla tracker for setup.exe but it doesn't get checked much since we don't really have a dedicated setup.exe maintainer anymore. We have various people like Dave Korn, Corinna, and me making changes when we see obvious bugs but there isn't one person responsible for setup.exe overall. http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?product=cygwin&component=setup.exe (We did, at one point, have a plan for updating the bugzilla but it, also, has fallen into disuse) It would be nice if someone would go through the list and clean it up but I'm not holding my breath. In any event, we obviously HAVE made many changes to setup.exe and HAVE accepted patches. The most notable recent change is the one to search for packages. If you, or anyone, wants to help we appreciate it. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple