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Re: Which list should cygwin development be discussed on ?
- From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <sthoenna at efn dot org>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 23:10:47 -0700
- Subject: Re: Which list should cygwin development be discussed on ?
- References: <44A474CE.7090100@netbauds.net> <20060630011818.GD2154@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <e86j6c$u5o$1@sea.gmane.org> <20060701202808.GD19376@ns1.anodized.com>
On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 01:28:08PM -0700, clayne@anodized.com wrote:
> And of course the discussion and methodology behind the internal
> development of the cygwin libraries, issues, and future ideas is
> - in true opensource form (NOT) - on a completely closed list,
> invite-only, with no public access to any form of archives.
Where do you get invite-only from? Seems directly contradicted by
what you go on to quote.
> What exactly is the positive purpose behind that?
>
> "cygwin-developers: a by-approval developers list for discussing
> the internals of the Cygwin DLL and all components of the
> "winsup" directory. Discussions of upcoming net releases are also
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