On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 04:20, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Julio Emanuel wrote: > > <snip> > >> I also would like to grab this opportunity to (once again) ring the >> service bell to whoever maintain this package 'joe'. >> It's my favorite (actually the only) editor in the Unix/Cygwin > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Perhaps it's your only favorite editor but it is not the only editor > in the Unix, Linux, or Cygwin environments, in case anyone gets the > wrong immression. ;-) >
Hmmm. Right. Please patch MY mail :) sed -e 's/the only/MY only/g' >> environments, and that's unfortunate to see this package negleted, >> because this seems to be a simple packaging problem. Also, currently >> the upstream version is already 3.7 (TWO versions beyond the Cygwin >> current!). >> >> Could all this whining give us "joe'ers" a brand new version of this >> package? Pretty Please? :) > > If this really is just a packaging issue, you may have better luck > reporting it to the cygwin-apps list (where packaging issues are on- > topic). Jari has responded to things there of-late. Damn! And I knew it - sorry for the noise :( I'll send a new mail to the -apps with only the pertinent comments... > Of course, if > you're desperate for a newer 'joe' and aren't going to build it yourself, > you can take advantage of the version packaged and announced here: > > <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2008-11/msg00001.html> > I must have missed those mails somehow. It seems pretty interesting, but also shows that maybe Jari is not having enough time to handle these requests :( > Of course, if you go this route, you can't come back to this list with > your "whining" if something doesn't work. Perhaps it's a small price > to pay. ;-) Small indeed. And you forgot the "Do It Yourself" way... If only I had a few free hours :) > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > A: Yes. >> Q: Are you sure? >>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > Thanks for the help! ____________ Julio Costa -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
