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:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=KRaDLzsAF6yCrdu6 ufwNDOoKvhR+GaUT8sDSpZuu6WVGtT8mV/uqj4tAP86I9woUTzoaMt+uTyCCQXjj jzbBgvUMi9+ndxy2MJBGCdzzrgeYylGM27ap+bmr+LmEculgtRZdgN50UC1dqxnD ci1Of1MiKCnAIsOFVAQSNY0su3E= 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:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=q4SU105Y2fBXhslEma7FdV ab6wM=; b=Q+e/CbmnB04/GTRMnshhXhePcJ2QO1RKluadjJ5WX9H43MuzUS4JTM btsRlDXXxRTIrXdGZ6ijI+/Jbwi4pkbD6SlOSV23QVZic6J8ghBCF/5yf3Si1JfZ u1+F0TBRAd7x2C9D5zxd1rtxZriQYakM06PG6AWMTdX3ECBn9kfBM= 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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=talk X-HELO: mail-wm0-f49.google.com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=DoUg6DyjTuQ9PocI+ylh6kqDqD+n9scM0CUqSiPtGiI=; b=YWNtdNcNN7fI1cKIOpLi6+IDGuahX4T+c6dLaOWg9Z7jvKTtwzQZfh5O0X62avFzbd 8CFLu4eQ10IYxPpGQzO2z5QOGVEikgGWeUW+YeQjGknfd6LMhanRYlS3/PoZ2FtiQwCf 9tscHwnfPOltI7CTZN5UqAQdHb3vMgY4BPt9zAFtc/vDnSKuEPcIxl/FYwwFN9ojiyqV 6e5GHO1YYDi5sVuAU7tNRCl4jndBsmpUu8AoOH1AaPZ0aLlDE6ldNlu9lQnT1TKQtNTs yFB0L7DnCTrQ32FxS27zAcJPhBPcbztRhJ0jOX7zV0mLN0B4NZc1MhryZvs7i0k1AWO0 7mjQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tCUG+mZ1QqrMge9ULmJzk9mg4a9m2EAqRCp/OU3nMREaaxc2wwI kIeuQT46OYUMPGs39Nz1bJOu3nb1 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZoFLWU/2EeqkKnxwTrb1e9BJAfGXDHUdTI2Kyd1VjoWFBbSE0h4DSBfLaqpiBJPsNFORy/rZg== X-Received: by 10.28.234.206 with SMTP id g75mr10842480wmi.76.1525239127416; Tue, 01 May 2018 22:32:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Cygwin Statistics and curiosity To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <86acdcb9-9067-0f55-2543-6d100aaa7cae AT gmail DOT com> From: Marco Atzeri Message-ID: <48f5e7f5-e2f5-baf3-9046-bb2f8d8b273e@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 07:32:05 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes On 5/2/2018 1:22 AM, R0b0t1 wrote: > On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 7:49 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: >> Hi, >> following a unpleasant discussion about cygwin usability >> https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-04/msg00364.html >> I wondered how many users cygwin have. >> > > Younger people seem to prefer MSYS due to its use of pacman. > Admittedly, it is very convenient. Otherwise Cygwin (or MSYS) has > always been accepted (at least amongst everyone I talk to) as a > necessity. > > Even if the updates aren't automatic due to the DLL issue, a CLI > interface to the updater would help. > the setup is usable as CLI. Can be improved, but it is usable for most of the stuff. PS: Post bottom is fine, but also trim is needed. Regards Marco -- 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