cygwin and cygwin-xfree lists to merge

Will Parsons oudeis@nodomain.invalid
Wed Dec 10 21:50:00 GMT 2008


Christopher Faylor wrote:
> The historical reasons for merging the cygwin and cygwin-xfree lists no
> longer seems to exist so I am contemplating merging the two lists.
>
> If anyone has a compelling reason why this should not happen please send
> it to one of the two lists.  If I don't hear a coherent argument against
> doing this, I'll throw the switch over the weekend.
>
> Btw, I'm only mildly sympathetic to arguments like "It will be more
> email for me".  I'm more concerned with having to constantly shuttle
> people back and forth between the two lists.  Unless there is a
> compelling argument to the contrary, I think that the fact that people
> are confused about which list to use outweighs the increase in email
> traffic for people who just want to hear about cygwin/x.

You may not consider it a compelling argument, but I find the traffic on
the cygwin list more than enough already, and am glad I don't have to
bother about the cygwin-xfree traffic.  I'd prefer to keep things as is.

-- 
Will


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