Re: [PATCH] Define a version of lstat(2) with posix semantics

[Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>]

2009/3/20 Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>:
> On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, Alex Riesen wrote:
>> Johannes Schindelin, Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:57:01 +0100:
>>
>> > I'd rather just disable WIN32_STAT for Cygwin, because otherwise, we
>> > will keep running into issues.
>>
>> I'd rather not. The thing is just so unbelievably slow and being stuck
>> on it I'm just trying my damnedest to squeeze every last bit of
>> performance out of it.
>
> If you are serious about performance, you will not stay with Cygwin -- for
> the purposes of Git.

I'm staying with Cygwin port not _for_ Git, but _because_ of Cygwin. If it
were for me, I'd gladly let the Cygwin port die (frankly, any Windows port).
I just use Linux everywhere possible. Sometimes it's not...

> Do not get me wrong: Cygwin is a wonderful thing if your goal is to spare
> yourself a lot of trouble with that seriously challenged win32 API.

I beg to differ: Cygwin is a piece of crap and performs dangerously hideous
in what it tries to do.

> But if your goal is to get the most out of the Win32 API in terms of
> speed, you _will_ have to go with MinGW (at least, as long as you are
> unwilling to shell out big bucks in the vague direction of Redmond, and
> add some time tax to that).

My goal in this environment is to make it bearable. I think that both
Cygwin and MinGW ports are dead-on-arrival, because the underlying
platform is so stupidly and hopelessly broken, and no amount of no bucks
can help it.

> Now, we _do_ have msysGit, you _do_ have shown the capability to fix
> issues when they arise, so I do _not_ see any obstacle why you should not
> go msysGit, rather than staying with the pain of trying to stay
> POSIX-compatible, but not quite all the time.

I understand. It is not pure POSIX compatibility I seek. I just can't use MinGW
port, because I absolutely must use the cygwin environment (for "hysterical"
reasons) and they don't play well together (tried, yes. Conflicting libraries,
but you already know that).

I don't have the Windows sickness anywhere else but at my work, and
sadly it is a good place in all respects, even if absolute crazy in this regard.

So I'm sorry, if I ever made an impression that I'm motivated to do any
Windows-related development. I'm _absolutely_ not. I just happen to have that
itch of Perforce (may it burn in hell for thousand years), have a know how, and
have a little time to spare (hopefully no one of management sees that).