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:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=DITlmY7xqa/t66ba lkWw3LygLdFSkX5rKuh458xAgcntlB/UXKLw1XXYZ9FL/9W47n8CMB/eS4p56JPm Q9XNfSwhojqPN9jgdP2sIStypNqLZPxFTJ3gS1rSaYgNp21JS+EWVvQh1gyy2i38 Uu7om2yRxqz+DpjDXGf3PAq1bQA= 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:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=QzWejbiGc8CLK5ufZFTZEz qHSYQ=; b=Qv2gSeFx92cJj8QaygyAc/2+sbVVG+2ZS1lcgH/bQKsJKbwwN8Kgmj Al4e1JN97pYp3qSm5x6PGjIorabnA+xZFAjFopCi8at5ztEdpqfRjqKJlRGa/S3U L1ZtS10wQ/ynVIQwcdoMTaqW3qbNQSQ2seyIudEm5HUI3eh3J+bsA= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtpback.ht-systems.ru Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 02:45:06 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <13533871.20140413024506@yandex.ru> To: Corinna Vinschen Subject: Re: We need steenking patches (Re: Cygwin kill utility...) In-Reply-To: <20140411121012.GA23281@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <20140409032833 DOT GA2351 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20140409055117 DOT GA1878 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <53457A4C DOT 1050104 AT etr-usa DOT com> <627347831 DOT 20140410055843 AT yandex DOT ru> <20140410080122 DOT GU2437 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <1233443390 DOT 20140411150313 AT yandex DOT ru> <20140411121012 DOT GA23281 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Greetings, Corinna Vinschen! >> >> >> If you think web code repository searching and a public bug tracker are >> >> >> primary barriers to contribution, you aren't being honest with yourself. >> >> >> They are nice, but not necessary. >> >> >> >> > I am honest with myself. I, as everyone have limited time. >> >> >> >> Seems like the limit on your time is very laxed. >> >> For the time you wrote all the posts to this list, I've downloaded whole >> >> Cygwin /cvs/src, found the offended string, patched the file, and it took me 2 >> >> days to rebuild it only because I wasn't familiar with out-of-the tree build >> >> system. (Had to read building instructions first, yeah...) >> >> Now, I'm a happy owner of a custom cygpath that doesn't annoy me with >> >> insignificant warnings. >> >> > Wanna send the patch to cygwin-patches(*)? >> >> I'm not quite happy with it yet. I'll need to dig through that function >> another pass to see, if I can completely avoid the code path in question >> without harming any hamsters in process. > I'm *so* glad you're sympathetic with the hamsters. They have build > their lair inside of cygpath alreasy years ago, so I would not like > to disturb them. I knew you love them too. >> Besides, when I digged through it, I got an idea of completely new >> functionality. That may be the one I want to contribute. > As for new functionality and non-trivial patches, I'm sorry but we > still need the copyright assignment in this case. I know that people > are shying away from it, so I hope there still some who don't... > See http://cygwin.com/contrib.html, the "Before you get started" section. I honestly don't care. I do not understand whole tantrum around "copyright", "copywrong" and other "copyleft". What the hell you can do about it? Pick a spoon, crack my head open and drain it out of my brain? Whatever I release to the public, I mainly do that under WTF PL. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru) 13.04.2014, <02:41> Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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