From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24124 invoked by alias); 18 Jun 2014 06:53:19 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 24101 invoked by uid 89); 18 Jun 2014 06:53:17 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-yh0-f53.google.com Received: from mail-yh0-f53.google.com (HELO mail-yh0-f53.google.com) (209.85.213.53) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 06:53:16 +0000 Received: by mail-yh0-f53.google.com with SMTP id b6so292776yha.40 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2014 23:53:14 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.236.88.13 with SMTP id z13mr52231222yhe.34.1403074394265; Tue, 17 Jun 2014 23:53:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.170.195.65 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jun 2014 23:53:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140618061812.GE4920@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> References: <20140526201210.GB3903@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20140527221151.GA6521@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <5395D00C.1080704@etr-usa.com> <20140617142906.GE7138@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20140618061812.GE4920@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 06:53:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Package file lists archive From: Steven Penny To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-06/txt/msg00260.txt.bz2 On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > Your idea of "constructive" is apparently flawed. This is an interesting comment, taking in that your response ignores the original question and focuses on off topic quibbling. I will pose your viewpoint and my question again > And, frankly, I think it's a bad idea to keep a monolithic list of > packages available for people to download anyway. Do you have an explanation for this opinion, or citations as to why this is a bad idea, taking into account that major Linux distros are already using this very method? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple