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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To: "Ebrey, Carl" <Carl DOT Ebrey AT uk DOT experian DOT com>, <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: bash completion (was: RE: Units)
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:40:28 +1100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ebrey, Carl" <Carl DOT Ebrey AT uk DOT experian DOT com>
> One thing I would like to say though is that I've been quite annoyed
by the
> attitudes that come over on this mailing list.  The last time I
checked
> Cygwin was an open project, available for anyone to contribute and
offer
> help.  However, all I've seen is help being thrown back in people's
faces,
> including my own.  If you don't want people to help, don't have an
open
> project.  It's quite simple.

Please remember that there is a difference between open project and
anarchy. We do accept help. Lots of it. And I, for one, do appreciate it
and try to show that appreciation.

However, some things are quite annoying - and getting old topics
revisited at a rate of knots is one of those.

Rob