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Re: suggestions for cygwin developers
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Alex Goldman wrote:
> On 7/27/05, Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Alex Goldman wrote:
> >
> > > When Cygwin gets set up, it would be more user-friendly if it placed
> > > two icons on the desktop:
> > > one should start maximized Rxvt; another should start X with a couple
> > > of xterms or whatever.
> > > First-time users might think that the MS-DOS terminal is as good as it
> > > gets, and this is not good for Cygwin. Others still have to figure out
> > > how to start Rxvt automatically and how to configure it to look
> > > pretty.
> >
> > This doesn't have to be done at the level of the Cygwin setup. You
> > could easily write a package (or a set of packages) that would place
> > such icons on the desktop (see, for example, the gold-star-winning
> > "chere" package).
> >
> > > Also, it would be neat to be able to keep Cygwin up-to-date automatically.
> >
> > Just run setup.exe regularly, and it will pick up the latest packages.
> > Of course, you may need to reboot if you do this concurrently with
> > using Cygwin processes, so this will need to be thought through very
> > well.
> >
> > The main point is: Cygwin is a volunteer effort. If you feel that
> > some feature would be beneficial, consider contributing it. If it's
> > done well, others will like it, and it could be included into the
> > official set of packages. Simply suggesting a feature rarely results
> > in it being contributed by someone else.
> > Igor
>
> As Tyler Durden said, "You decide your own level of involvement". My
> commitment to Cygwin is not great enough to contribute to it. I just
> started using it. Tomorrow, I might decide I prefer FreeBSD and VMWare
> or Windows Services. Anyway, if user feedback is not appreciated, none
> will be forthcoming.
Your preferences are, of course, up to you. And user feedback is duly
noted and recorded in the mailing list archives -- perhaps someone will
get interested enough to implement it. I just wanted to make sure your
expectations regarding said feedback reflect the actual state of affairs.
:-)
Igor
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