Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 12:35:18 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: vpaatero@cc.hut.fi Subject: Re: About Cygwin 1.0 Message-ID: <20010526123517.D7647@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com, vpaatero@cc.hut.fi References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: ; from vpaatero@cc.hut.fi on Sat, May 26, 2001 at 07:25:00PM +0300 On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 07:25:00PM +0300, Vesa Pekka Paatero wrote: >Thank you for the free Cygwin software. One thing I'd like to talk about: >I was surprised to find no information on your pages (especially FAQ) >about the reasons why you have not released the stable Cygwin 1.0 >via the net. > Is it that you want people to use the unstable versions in order >to hasten the development of future versions (by their bug reports)? >In the spirit of the Gnu Public Licence, that would seem immoral to me. >If the public develops the software (under GPL) with their contributions, >they should also be allowed to enjoy the fruits (and not be constrained to >keep toiling with bugs when a stable version exists). > So please, let me know the true reasons why Cygwin 1.0 is not >distributed on the net. The reason is simple. We're heartless bastards. > If people could more readily use stable versions in their developments, >perhaps Cygwin's reputation would improve (as it pertains to reliability). Bwa, hah, hah. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple