> -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Faylor > Subject: Re: include SHA1/MD5 hash/digest of setup.exe, and HTTPS > > There is another aphorism that trumps all of this: "Someone has to do > it". I seem to not be making it clear that it is very unlikely that a > cygwin site maintainer (me) and a setup.exe developer (to a small degree > me + others) are all avidly reading these musings and looking for things > to do. > > Cygwin, like most free software projects, has always been short on doers > and long on "experts with not enough time". So, pontificate all you > want about the best ways to do things but please understand that it's > likely that nothing you say will have any effect on the project unless > you are interested in helping out yourself. > > cgf
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