[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-cygwin] Hello. This is a test. Please forgive me.

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-cygwin] Hello. This is a test. Please forgive me.

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

Philippe Gagnon wrote:

> In an attempt to know if the lists are unusually silent or if it's my 
> mailserver that's broken, I'm sending this email as a test.
>
> Excuse me for the inconvenience.
>
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>
>
The "lists" are not unusually silent. "gentoo-cygwin" is *usually* 
silent. :)

I knew if I waited long enough, someone other than myself would express 
an interest in Gentoo/CygWin. Please tell me you're interested in 
Gentoo/CygWin, Phillipe -- if I'm the only one who would use it, my 
recommendation is that the good folks at Gentoo put it out of its misery. :)

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-cygwin] Hello. This is a test. Please forgive me.

[Dylan Carlson]

On Tue February 22 2005 23:32, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> I knew if I waited long enough, someone other than myself would express
> an interest in Gentoo/CygWin. Please tell me you're interested in
> Gentoo/CygWin, Phillipe -- if I'm the only one who would use it, my
> recommendation is that the good folks at Gentoo put it out of its
> misery. :)

There's always interest when there's something that works comparatively 
similar to Linux on x86.  It's the same deal with the /BSD stuff:  not 
enough people capable of jumping in when so many things don't work.  And 
few capable people willing to.  :)

"Wake me up when everything works and I'll try it."
(average user, roughly paraphrased)

What these experimental projects need are skilled programmers willing to 
invest a lot of time and effort.  Usually it's just 2 or 3 people doing 
all the work... just to get a port to a minimally usable but highly 
imperfect state.  

If there were enough skilled & committed people participating and making it 
work, these would probably be made official at some point with little/no 
resistance.  If it works well, it would be self-evident I think.

F=ma

(^^ obligatory law of motion reference in email regarding manpower)

Cheers,
Dylan Carlson [absinthe@gentoo.org]
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-cygwin] Hello. This is a test. Please forgive me.

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

Dylan Carlson wrote:

>What these experimental projects need are skilled programmers willing to 
>invest a lot of time and effort.  Usually it's just 2 or 3 people doing 
>all the work... just to get a port to a minimally usable but highly 
>imperfect state.  
>  
>
I'm a skilled programmer, but there are dozens of things I want more 
than Gentoo/CygWin, most of them having to do with algorithmic 
composition and synthesis of music. :)

>If there were enough skilled & committed people participating and making it 
>work, these would probably be made official at some point with little/no 
>resistance.  If it works well, it would be self-evident I think.
>
>F=ma
>
>(^^ obligatory law of motion reference in email regarding manpower)
>
>  
>
Yup ... take it out behind the barn and shoot it :).
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-cygwin] Hello. This is a test. Please forgive me.

[Anthony Gorecki]

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On Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:07 pm, you wrote:
> F=ma
>
> (^^ obligatory law of motion reference in email regarding manpower)

Assuming Fnet is the total progress made, mass is the number of individuals 
working on the project and acceleration is their average effort, you'd need 
to modify the above equation to take into account the undesirables :)

Fnet = ma - Ff


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-cygwin] Hello. This is a test. Please forgive me.

[Stuart Longland]

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M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> I knew if I waited long enough, someone other than myself would express
> an interest in Gentoo/CygWin. Please tell me you're interested in
> Gentoo/CygWin, Phillipe -- if I'm the only one who would use it, my
> recommendation is that the good folks at Gentoo put it out of its
> misery. :)

I wasn't even aware there was a Gentoo/Cygwin... but now that there is,
I might have a look.

What stage is Gentoo/Cygwin at right now?
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