From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: Git on MSys (or how to make it easy for Windows users to compile git) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 22:32:30 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <460B6BF8541C4D9B916F02A12E0576F5@ntdev.corp.microsoft.com> <46B2D4D9.4020103@trolltech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Marius Storm-Olsen , git@vger.kernel.org To: Dmitry Kakurin X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Aug 03 23:33:37 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IH4m6-0006Si-LD for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:33:35 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762352AbXHCVdG (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2007 17:33:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1764093AbXHCVdF (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2007 17:33:05 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:33939 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1762037AbXHCVdC (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2007 17:33:02 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 03 Aug 2007 21:33:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (EHLO [138.251.11.74]) [138.251.11.74] by mail.gmx.net (mp055) with SMTP; 03 Aug 2007 23:33:01 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18qwuVfECgqtrhqcz8MVXzuYFi0yjGqr1KbWfW5Bm QonEcUOJ5lrKkM X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Dmitry Kakurin wrote: > > * replace rxvt by that stupid cmd window > > Sneaky. > > This was a result of my customization that I have forgot to remove. > In general cmd window is more familiar/convenient for Windows users. > IMHO, our goal here should be "as native (Windows) as possible". Cygwin fills > "as close to *nix as possible" niche. > But in any case it's such a minor detail that I don't really care much. Actually, I finally saw the light and implemented your idea of the repo.or.cz repository, containing a full copy of the darn beast. And there, differences like this one are much easier to spot. Besides, Marius convinced me already to include two versions. Ciao, Dscho