Re: [PATCH] Add FAQ How do I fix find_fast_cwd warnings?

[Brian Inglis <Brian dot Inglis at SystematicSw dot ab dot ca>]

On 2017-11-14 02:29, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Nov 13 11:51, Brian Inglis wrote:
>> On 2017-11-13 10:12, Brian Inglis wrote:
> Please send this as `git format-patch' with commit message and all.

One more diff for comment, and I could use some pointer on how to build htdocs
html from doc xml, and whether I need to concatenate the screen ulinks to get
them to render as a single line, which could be answered by the build.

>> +    <para>This happens when the Cygwin release you installed can not find out
>> +	how to get your current directory from the Windows release you are
>> +	using.</para>
> I think this paragraph raises more questions than it answers.  Of course
> Cygwin still can get the CWD, just not in the preferred way.  Even if
> you change it to more technically correct terms, it doesn't give any
> useful info for users.  Let's just drop it.

Reworded to say that it the issue may not be serious, but may be a performance
impact, to put the issue into perspective, and give the user some context.
I think your comment applies best to the message itself. ;^>
Perhaps we should consider dropping it, or rewording to be less alarming?

>> +    <para>As Cygwin is a volunteer project, and we can not provide support for
>> +	older releases installed by projects or products, but would like to be
>> +	able to follow up to reduce reports of these issues if possible, it
>> +	would be helpful if you would send us a quick
>> +	<ulink url="mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com?subject=Source%20of%20application%20providing%20Cygwin%20warning%20about%20FAST_CWD";>
>> +	    email</ulink> to let us know where you obtained the application
>> +	which installed the older Cygwin release: whether it was purchased from
>> +	a vendor or a project downloaded from the Internet, any related web
>> +	pages, or other details you may have readily available.</para>
> 
> Do we really want all this information?  It should be sufficient to know
> the name of the project, so it's in the records for later reference.
> But we won't follow up on this anyway.  There are just too many
> well-meaning, but short-lived TPPs on the web using Cygwin under the
> hood.

Scrunched, but I am always reminded of the White Knight's song in Alice
	http://world.std.com/~swmcd/steven/programming/knight.html
when users are asked the name of a project or product e.g. "McAfee"!

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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