Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:24:53 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: any plans to add signalfd support to Cygwin?
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On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 08:52:00AM -0500, Ryan Johnson wrote:
>On 16/01/2013 8:39 AM, bob wrote:
>> I posted a more detailed request for this feature a few months back (Oct
>> 2012).    There was some discussion but not much mention of any plans to add
>> this feature to Cygwin in the future.
>>
>> Just curious if those plans have changed.
>I suspect the plan is unchanged: SHTDI, PTC.
>
>In my experience, a request accompanied by a patch gets very fast 
>turnaround, even if the patch isn't perfect.

Correct.  This isn't a "requestware" project.  It's a "free software"
project.  That means that, since you have the source, you can add your
own features to it any time you want.

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