X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,TW_BJ,TW_IB,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: jenXL62swBAWhMTL3wnej93oaS0ClBQOAKs8jbEbx_o- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 13:27:57 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Where to find a reliable provider of CygwinX? Message-ID: <20110201182757.GA3139@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4D48169F DOT 3030607 AT steensgaard DOT org> <4D48376C DOT 8070204 AT cygwin DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 07:13:51PM +0100, J??rgen Steensgaard wrote: >Thanks for the guidance. But: yes, I refer to a provider on the list of >mirrors found in setup.exe; and yes, I realise the difficulty to ensure >consistency and the urge to put responsibilities on mirror owners. Some >mechanism of mirror authorisation is in my opinion needed. As previously mentioned, we already have that. >Is the original distribution available to common users? Or at least >details of the contents? If not, I have no reference system and cannot >identify derivations? > >Do remember that the impressions left by inconsistencies will stick also >on the original -- which is actually fair. How about if we treat your problem as a support experience rather than a call to redesign all of the mirror handling? You have not provided such basic details as: What, exactly, did you select when installing that would lead you to believe that you should have had X programs installed? What mirror did you use? What error message did you receive when you tried to install xinit but found it unavailable? I have a very hard time believing that you found official cygwin mirrors which did not have the libjpeg62 package but, if you did, we'd certainly like to know which ones are in error. 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