X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1+6z9UKejHvbxueWOoZv5XQ Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 10:54:56 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin IRC (Was: bash: loadable builtins) Message-ID: <20120807145456.GD13712@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <1344325070 DOT 9080 DOT 13 DOT camel AT YAAKOV04> 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, Aug 07, 2012 at 08:42:53AM +0000, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: >Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >>As there was a question on this in IRC tonight ... > >I hadn't realized there was a Cygwin IRC channel. A quick Google >around found me , >but I wouldn't have thought to do that without Yaakov's email. Is it's >existance something that would be worthy of wider publication, perhaps >in the FAQ? The Cygwin IRC channel only has a couple of knowledgeable people populating it so I'm not going to widely advertise it as a potential way to get support. As it stands right now, unless you're lucky enough to get help from Yaakov or Jon Turney, you are likely to be led down a rabbit hole with helpful people suggesting helpful, nonsensical stuff. So, making it official would likely lead to confusion. If that changes, I'll certainly reconsider but I don't see any reason to advertise YA way to get wrong advice about Cygwin. cgf (08/07/12 10:51:08) The topic for #cygwin is: This is not an official support channel. If you really think you can get help here then: 1. Read the FAQ at http://cygwin.com/faq.html, 2. Check the mailing list archives at http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/, 3. Ask a detailed question. Please avoid the term "newbie". -- 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