X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s= default; b=uMGUlllRGfws1T6xaYGisZ7NIkdecOtAwn/DMaEtMdMDo7wAy4QsD YvR66ZzazdiZgOzW3+ukDK5TUtnUwL0bRSee6iTOOpLrLlmaE8i8tTZXXLEOxLxn 1sr40GiqwmYL6Oma1OOhtWkv4K4hMBptbU/vXZJkosz/FJNYV2tPgs= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=AV5Je7l11GsRC5WZvJG2FaFq0ts=; b=Dmk0zR+/apDS1/hk4Z/E7JMlIcGA M8K+cFZ6lTglCmUE+QqZVV9G/+EiWirOmp1Rx3pF6x3IOPDyFE1LCsIocIvNhDQP 2cpA1vWBLFKqsCI5QZxY4MtD2kmIwqm/d8XIc3VFcrT0CKmDesjLOOUKH60ge9X6 8KBM5vf5Erqii7g= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 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/uEdyydXfC0baZCYKoeV9p Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:42:09 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Stack Overflow versus the Cygwin mailing lists (Was: prefork error : couldn't create pipe process trackerWin32 error 161) Message-ID: <20130430014209.GA716@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20130429172649 DOT GA3682 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <517ED7F7 DOT 1070207 AT etr-usa DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <517ED7F7.1070207@etr-usa.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Witness here the internet phenomenon where a one sentence throwaway line made four months ago can cause multi-paragraph responses. I'll try to make the point again: If you are looking for help for software then the closer you can get to the source of the software the better the help is likely to be. This is obviously not always going to be the case. Sending email to the linux-kernel mailing list about a "command not found" error is not likely to garner you much help. However, asking for help in a Fedora forum about Fedora problems is likely to get you some nicely specific help. And, when you download software from a site called cygwin.com which has a link called "Reporting Problems" then it certainly makes sense to start there for help. Warren, this is the second time that you have seemed to be annoyed with me about something I said that was not intended to be a slight or an insult. I apologize for any tone in my email which has caused you to think that I hold you or stackoverflow in scorn. I have linked to stackoverflow here previously. I know it is a valuable resource. I know that you are also a valuable resource to the Cygwin community in your own right. I'm not interested in expanding the scope of my tech support to include working with you to improve Cygwin information on stackoverflow. However, if you want to do that then I'm sure the whole interwebs would benefit. 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