Now we're getting into the usual cygwin ridiculous zone. *You* have just sent email to thousands of people with the idle speculation that "Mark Himsley" has a dedicated following waiting for him to take the lead and speak for them. A casual inspection of the cygwin mailing list unearths one post from Mark with a question about *how* to use tapes, a few questions about how to do other things, and one admonishment to a user who was having problems accessing tape drives without first performing a mount. I'm not sure why anyone would be expecting him to speak authoritatively raw devices.
I realize that I'm adding to the absurdity of the situation by even responding to this. I don't plan on responding to this issue any further. I would still appreciate feedback and analysis of the most recent snapshot. Chuck Wilson and Don Sharp have provided exactly what I was hoping for. At least somebody gets it... cgf On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 10:44:00AM -0400, Peter Buckley wrote: >Since I'm already in the twilight zone, I may as well say that it is >possible that someone is watching this thread to see if Mark is going >to be able to help, and if not, they will step in and help. So there >probably is a possibility that others are interested in knowing about >his inability to help. > >Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 03:04:32PM +0100, Mark Himsley wrote: >>>On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 22:41:33 -0400 you wrote: >>><snip> >>> >>>>I'm still not hearing from any volunteers with tape drives. That's >>>>rather disappointing since I know that the whinging will start within >>>>hours after I release 1.3.4, if this is actually broken. >>> >>>I'd like to be able to help, but compiling Cygwin from CVS is currently >>>not something I have the time to learn how to do. >> >>So use a snapshot. That's what I originally suggested. >> >>No offense, but you've just sent email to thousands of people. Do you >>think that notification of your inability to help really conveys any >>information that anyone is interested in? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
