On Feb 26 14:21, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > On 2/26/2015 12:24 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Feb 26 12:04, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > >>On 2/25/2015 4:12 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: > >>>On Wed, 2015-02-25 at 15:52 -0800, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > >>>>Can somebody summarize where we're at here. I've been noticing all this > >>>>email about slow startup and I'm excited by the inclusion of domain > >>>>accounts using /etc/nsswitch.conf, etc. I downloaded a newer version of > >>>>Cygwin a few weeks ago (I'm seeing 1.7.34) and I experienced the > >>>>slowdown myself. Unfortunately I'm too busy to actively participate but > >>>>it looks like some good progress has been made. Should I update or is > >>>>everything still in snapshots? > >>> > >>>Fixes are in snapshots, as well as test releases (currently 1.7.35-0.4) > >>>which can be installed with setup*.exe. > >> > >>Hmmm... https://cygwin.com/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.snapshots says: > >> > >>You cannot use Cygwin Setup to install a snapshot. > > > >Hmmm... maybe you should try to read Yaakov's entire sentence? > > > > > >Corinna > > > > It is not clear from Yaakov's sentence that the phrase "which can be > installed with setup*.exe" applied to test releases, snapshots or both.
So why didn't you just look for the test release in setup then? I don't see how complaining about the exact wording of a mail trying to be helpful(!) does improve your situation. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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