Which list should cygwin development be discussed on ?

Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes sthoenna@efn.org
Tue Jul 4 09:04:00 GMT 2006


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
> appropriate. Subscription requests are handled on a case-by-case
> basis. Only subscribers may submit email to this list. Please do not
> attempt to join the cygwin-developers mailing list unless 1) you are
> thoroughly familiar with the cygwin DLL, 2) you have successfully built
> the DLL from source, 3) you contributed at least one patch to the Cygwin
> DLL or its utilities, and 4) you intend on being a long-term contributor.
> Please do not ask for "read-only" access to this mailing list. You either
> qualify or you don't. There is no middle ground."

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