Re: Too many mailing lists(passing the buck)

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>]

On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 02:21:49PM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
>Adam Dinwoodie wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 03:07:37PM -0600, Warren Young wrote:
>>   
>>> Every time someone says "That's not on topic here, go elsewhere," it
>>> can easily be read as "Go away."  The Cygwin project should only be
>>> pushing away toxic people, and multiple mailing lists do not have
>>> that happy side effect.
>>>     
>>
>> I've never seen a reply saying "that's not on topic here, go away" that
>> could be read as you describe.  
>----
>   You didn't even bother to check google?
>i settled on looking at bash:
>bash cygwin "off-topic" -stackoverflow
>
>But have seen similar for X11 related.
>
>on the first page: (all talking about the topic being wrong for the list 
>involved).
> 
>https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-12/msg00252.html
>https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-03/msg00691.html
>https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-11/msg00423.html
>https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-02/msg00343.html
>
>vs.  the opposite problem where a cygwin devel yanked my prob from a
>cp-bug-report and closed it:
>
>bug was related to a case-bug using cp -a and being told it was a
>cygwin bug unless I could recreate it on linux (even though the bad
>code was in 'cp'.)
>
>(had to do with ignoring case, and creating it with a case ignoring FS
>on linux would have been too much of a pain (like XFS has such an
>option) .
>
>project owners constantly like to pass the buck in hopes the user will
>give up...usually project owners win because reporting bugs is too much
>trouble.

But, then, I know of cygwin devs who feed orphans, rescues kittens, and
work to prevent global warming.  So, as long as we're making
unsubtantiated allegations, it all works out in the end.

cgf

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