git stopped working with 1.7.1

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 3/11/2010 1:50 PM, Kevin Layer wrote:
> Brian L.<brian@blucz.com>  wrote:
>
>>>  From this thread I gather that little or no progress has been made on
>>> addressing the root cause of this issue. It still seems to be broken
>>> with the latest 1.7 series packages.
>>>
>>> What is the proper method for getting this bug in front of the guys
>>> who maintain the openssh package? The cygwin website suggests that the
>>> mailing list is the proper channel, but it doesn't seem like anyone's
>>> seriously looking into this as an openssh issue.
>>>
>>> It's clearly affecting more than a few users and the workaround, while
>>> reliable, is quite lame. Can this please get a little bit more
>>> priority?
>
> and another month goes by...
>
> If there is work going on behind the scenes, it would be nice to hear
> from the developer(s) working on it.
>
> If it is not being worked on... I agree with Brian.  This is a serious
> impediment to using Cygwin 1.7.  I would think it would be of top
> priority.

As always, it's worth noting that one way to jump-start activity in
an area of open source that is of interest to you is dig in and offer
some insights to the problem that's affecting you.  I guess this goes
without saying though, sometimes, it's beneficial to say things that
don't need to be said. ;-)


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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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