On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 08:42:53AM +0000, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: >Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >>As there was a question on this in IRC tonight ... > >I hadn't realized there was a Cygwin IRC channel. A quick Google >around found me <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-05/msg00618.html>, >but I wouldn't have thought to do that without Yaakov's email. Is it's >existance something that would be worthy of wider publication, perhaps >in the FAQ?
The Cygwin IRC channel only has a couple of knowledgeable people populating it so I'm not going to widely advertise it as a potential way to get support. As it stands right now, unless you're lucky enough to get help from Yaakov or Jon Turney, you are likely to be led down a rabbit hole with helpful people suggesting helpful, nonsensical stuff. So, making it official would likely lead to confusion. If that changes, I'll certainly reconsider but I don't see any reason to advertise YA way to get wrong advice about Cygwin. cgf (08/07/12 10:51:08) The topic for #cygwin is: This is not an official support channel. If you really think you can get help here then: 1. Read the FAQ at http://cygwin.com/faq.html, 2. Check the mailing list archives at http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/, 3. Ask a detailed question. Please avoid the term "newbie". -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple