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:message-id:date:from:reply-to:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=N/5EaAAXR5v1PK7D lBGeSCC5GibhpTA2nDU9BOcoGuQ8e813qRkldm8pUQpPJ3FK6aRXi8MxyuneyXEc DhkDOUOzdINpCr8eTY0klUM9XnJa/IFGqxGPzytku+BqTIVD5/Je1GLWAYoUhZEo m+0vn3RtSx3fDvaSBtf2TttbbZs= 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:message-id:date:from:reply-to:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=tiWh89vcbHh/GsQdSBgpGl 6s+Os=; b=L7SKN8z++WXORsbPprh87CeSXDjntlAGO1C/7xkuzCaXO7PFDIcBh7 +lpxrvjbQjeu0xMCz1EQl+cQwqtF2E6zZDBoV4yUZsOvjU7YD96GB5fkkDvzDltp ZD0vBu8XVcLIhwaTb3JCvs6Bpv75f5Q+eelToaP4TWwvA9roYcpEk= 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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: vms173023pub.verizon.net Message-id: <53A185E7.2030100@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 08:28:23 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Package file lists archive References: <20140526201210 DOT GB3903 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20140527221151 DOT GA6521 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <5395D00C DOT 1080704 AT etr-usa DOT com> <20140617142906 DOT GE7138 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20140618061812 DOT GE4920 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit On 06/18/2014 02:53 AM, Steven Penny wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> Your idea of "constructive" is apparently flawed. > > This is an interesting comment, taking in that your response ignores the > original question and focuses on off topic quibbling. I will pose your viewpoint > and my question again I also find it interesting that you dismiss your "off topic quibbling" since you were the one that was feeding the fire while Chris was on vacation last week. > Do you have an explanation for this opinion, or citations as to why this is a > bad idea, taking into account that major Linux distros are already using this > very method? If this was the question you wanted to ask originally, this is all you needed to add to the thread. -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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