Too many mailing lists(passing the buck)

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 06/22/2014 05:38 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 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.

Would it be wrong of me to point out that we may have gone off-topic with
all this talk of passing the buck and feeding orphans?  Oh, the irony
of it all!

OK, sorry.  I just couldn't resist. ;-)


-- 
Larry

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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