From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6759 invoked by alias); 24 Apr 2012 01:34:35 -0000 Received: (qmail 6559 invoked by uid 22791); 24 Apr 2012 01:34:34 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_WL,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; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:33:47 +0000 X-IronPortListener: Outbound_SMTP X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EAPABlk+cKEdK/2dsb2JhbABEsWeBB4IJAQEBBBIoTwIBCA0LHAIQHxMlAQEEGxqHbZ1inSGQbGMEjTaOWooogwU Received: from unknown (HELO NIHHTRC.nih.gov) ([156.40.71.74]) by nihxwayout.hub.nih.gov with ESMTP; 23 Apr 2012 21:33:46 -0400 Received: from NIHMLBX02.nih.gov ([156.40.71.32]) by NIHHTRC.nih.gov ([156.40.71.74]) with mapi; Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:33:46 -0400 From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" To: "'cygwin-talk@cygwin.com'" Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:34:00 -0000 Subject: RE: Updated: ed-1.6-1 Message-ID: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20A6E685C1D@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> References: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20A6E685C19@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> <20120423231645.GA7150@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> In-Reply-To: <20120423231645.GA7150@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: 2012-q2/txt/msg00009.txt.bz2 Christopher Faylor wrote on April 23, 2012 7:17 PM >On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 06:44:23PM -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E= ] wrote: >>Christopher Faylor wrote on Sunday, April 22, 2012 4:59 PM >>>I've made a new version of ed available for installation. This version >>>is a refresh from the currently released FSF version of this package. >> >>They're still updating ed!?!?! > >I was pretty surprised too. I couldn't believe I'd missed several revisio= ns. > >Who in the world still uses ed? I was thinking more along the lines of "They are still finding bugs!?!?!" a= nd "They are still adding features!?!?!" Can we agree that ed is a better exemplar of software that just won't go aw= ay than B20? - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.