From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8099 invoked by alias); 1 Jun 2010 14:14:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 8089 invoked by uid 22791); 1 Jun 2010 14:14:52 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pool-173-76-55-5.bstnma.fios.verizon.net (HELO cgf.cx) (173.76.55.5) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.83/v0.83-20-g38e4449) with ESMTP; Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:14:34 +0000 Received: from ednor.cgf.cx (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99CE113C061 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:14:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ednor.cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id 609F22B352; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:14:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:14:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: default terminal (was: Re: "can't create master tty" errors) Message-ID: <20100601141431.GA22977@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: <20100531212927.GI18315@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20100601004212.GJ18315@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20100601082043.GA1362@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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: 2010-q2/txt/msg00049.txt.bz2 On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 12:45:34PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >On 1 June 2010 09:20, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>On May 31 20:42, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>>On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:34:37PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >>>>On 31 May 2010 22:29, Christopher Faylor: >>>>>Part of the reason I want to do this is that I just saw Andy commenting >>>>>in a "Death of Cygwin" blog post where the author was surprised that >>>>>something like mintty existed at all. >>>> >>>>Seems the author has quietly retracted his post, including our >>>>comments. How classy. >>> >>>Classy, indeed. ??I mean to go back and see if there was a response to >>>my response. ??I guess that was it. >> >>Any chance to find a copy of the blog via the google memory? ??What >>was the name of the blog and where was it? > >"It's Time for Cygwin to Close Shop", at >http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=152. Still appears on Google, but the >cached copy there doesn't work. I found it in my browser's cache >though. Says it's under a Creative Commons license, so attaching it >here is fine I hope. I couldn't find it either. I don't think I've often seen a situation where google incorrectly claims there is a cached copy. IIRC, the gist of the argument was that since virtual machines work so well, there is no longer a need for Cygwin. Oh, and a lot of Cygwin's packages like ssh and vim are buggier than their Windows alternatives. Were you going to attach it Andy? cgf