Vivian Meazza writes: > > Andy Ross wrote: > > > > > Erik Hofman wrote: > > > Norman Vine wrote: > > > > FWIW I think these apply here > > > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#id3001405 > > > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#keepcool > > > > > > These two contradict (You can't offend them but they can offend you). > > > It's a nice document on how to approach a three year old though. > > > > It's actually a pretty good guide. The problem is I don't know how I > > could have followed it any better. I mean, I *am* the hacker type ESR > > is talking about. > > > > The was, IMHO, a fantasy bug report: > > > > + A symptom so painfully obvious that no technical knowlege is > > required to see it (1.6 seconds vs. 26 seconds run time) > > + Simple example code > > + Easily reproduced within a few commands > > + Requires no external dependencies (just gcc and the mingw libraries) > > + And a real world use case (us!) for why it's important that it be > > fixed. > > > > To turn it around: could you imaging me responding to this bug report: > > > > "Here's a simple Nasal script that reduces my FPS to 2-3." > > > > with: > > > > "If it is really important to you, you should try to fix it rather > > than posting here and trying to get lucky." (pretty much exactly > > Chris's words). > > > > I mean, sometimes I'm lazy or forget stuff, but I'm generally pretty > > good about admitting when a bug is a bug. That's my *job* as a > > developer. Who does that job for cygwin? > > > > Well, that all generated more heat than light! I almost wish I hadn't set > the hare running. > > I have never seen anyone react quite like this Faylor chap, from which I > suppose: > > A. He already knew he has a problem with Cygwin's speed. > > B. He doesn't know how to fix it. > > C. We're unlikely to see it sorted any time soon. > > I'm more than willing to be proven wrong. > > Meanwhile, thanks to Andy for daring to enter the lion's den :-)
Cygwin is a bit of a lions den in that it has a *huge* user base. Again I point folks to http://cygwin.com/problems.html And FWIW I think y'all are selling Chris short :-) http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-05/msg01329.html I know it is easy to snipe off list but really :-) Norman _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
