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Re: Package file lists archive
- From: Steven Penny <svnpenn at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 23:29:53 -0500
- Subject: Re: Package file lists archive
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On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> If you want to experimentally figure out how many warnings you get,
> please go right ahead and continue with this style of communication.
Really, I can do without veiled threats. If you are going to ban me or whatever,
go ahead and do it.
I have brought some constructive criticisms of this project with the hope of
starting a discussion around fixing/improving certain issues. Instead I am met
with brick wall attitude and threats of being pushed off the mailing list.
My suggestion has merit: Debian is no niche operating system and "apt-get" is no
niche package manager. To look to them for "how it should be done" or
"one way to do it" is not a mistake in my opinion. However I am met with this
> And, frankly, I think it's a bad idea to keep a monolithic list of
> packages available for people to download anyway.
Which is little more than your opinion with no explanation or citations as to
why it is a bad idea. If it is such a bad idea, why are these major Linux
distros using it?
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