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Re: We need steenking patches (Re: Cygwin kill utility...)


On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Chris J. Breisch wrote:
> I admit that Christopher can be gruff at times. And I think that sometimes
> he has a bit of an attitude. But, honestly I don't blame him for that. Look
> at it from his perspective.

Christopher Faylor is an invaluable part of this project, but his complaining
about lack of developers adds no value.

> Those who are in control of the project have admitted that CVS is limiting,
> and have it on their radar to update it and replace it. When will that
> happen? I don't know. Real Soon Now, I'm sure. But I'm sure it's not a
> trivial 10-minute job, and I bet a rather significant percentage of the time
> that Christopher can devote towards Cygwin in a given day is wasted dealing
> with the issues mentioned above.

If you do what you have always done, you will get what you always got.
If Christopher wants to gripe on the mailing that his business, but he and
everyone else need to get realisic about the fact that not everyone is willing
to use a 20 year CVS. People criticize my suggestion as not a guaranteed fix.
Well guess what, nothing is a guaranteed fix for hard problems such as this. How
do you encourage more people to contribute? well you can start by making it
easier for them, which is what I am proposing.

> So, like Andy, pardon me if I'm not moved to tears by your difficulties
> submitting patches.

My difficulties? I dont see your name on this list
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-04/msg00206.html
so perhaps you should get out of that glass house.

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