From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7634 invoked by alias); 14 Mar 2011 01:37:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 7625 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Mar 2011 01:37:21 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nihxwayout.hub.nih.gov (HELO nihxwayout.hub.nih.gov) (128.231.90.109) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:37:17 +0000 X-IronPortListener: Outbound_SMTP X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvYAAGYNfU2cKEdK/2dsb2JhbACYP41Qd6dRmCmFYgSQOg Received: from unknown (HELO NIHHTRC.nih.gov) ([156.40.71.74]) by nihxwayout.hub.nih.gov with ESMTP; 13 Mar 2011 21:37:00 -0400 Received: from NIHMLBX02.nih.gov ([156.40.71.32]) by NIHHTRC.nih.gov ([156.40.71.74]) with mapi; Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:36:29 -0400 From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" To: "'cygwin-talk@cygwin.com'" Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:37:00 -0000 Subject: RE: Starting XWin from a portable CD Message-ID: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A209DAA10089@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> References: <4D7C86BF.6060305@bonhard.uklinux.net> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A209DAA10088@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> <20110313230719.GD16234@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> In-Reply-To: <20110313230719.GD16234@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-q1/txt/msg00037.txt.bz2 Christopher Faylor sent the following at Sunday, March 13, 2011 7:07 PM >>Fergus sent the following at Sunday, March 13, 2011 4:57 AM >>>... Oh woe woe woe. I've >>>lost count of the things that worked so easily on 1.5 and somehow >>>don't on 1.7, ... >> >>As I once wrote, 1.5 is the new B20! ;-> > >On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 06:06:59PM -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) >[E] wrote: > >And I warned you about this heresy! Why won't you stop? You're upsetting >all of the children and farm animals. I stand corrected and humbled. B20 will never be surpassed. Use 1.5 only if B20 is unavailable. 1.7 exists only so we call tell people forced to use 1.5 that at least it's not 1.7, so what are they complaining about? And let's not forget that downloading a zip file (over dial-up) every time something is updated is clearly better than using setup. - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.