X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1+uNuJuslK8NjIoxAf/KhDM Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:33:11 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: fifo rewrite for Google Summer of Code project Message-ID: <20120110193311.GA23699@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <201201100929 DOT 42202 DOT icanprogram AT 295 DOT ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201201100929.42202.icanprogram@295.ca> 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, Jan 10, 2012 at 09:29:41AM -0500, bob 295 wrote: >Last spring we tried to port our SIMPL project code to Cygwin but fell >acropper of the known fifo issues in Cygwin. We haven't been able to find >expertise to contribute to a rewrite of the fifo functionality. Who's "we"? >I would like to nominate the cygwin fifo rewrite for a Google Summer of >Code 2012 project. Hopefully the deadline hasn't passed. fifos have been rewritten in 1.7.10. But, then, I don't think we really have the organization to handle a Google Summer of Code project anyway. 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