From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [PATCH 22/40] Windows: Implement asynchronous functions as threads. Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:26:31 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: References: <1204138503-6126-1-git-send-email-johannes.sixt@telecom.at> <1204138503-6126-23-git-send-email-johannes.sixt@telecom.at> <47C6F40A.4010703@comcast.net> <47C76407.3090804@comcast.net> <47C77720.2080405@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Johannes Sixt , git@vger.kernel.org To: Paul Franz X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Feb 29 11:27:46 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JV2Sv-0001HB-Or for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:27:46 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755203AbYB2K1J (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:27:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755091AbYB2K1I (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:27:08 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:37771 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754366AbYB2K1G (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:27:06 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 29 Feb 2008 10:27:04 -0000 Received: from host86-138-198-40.range86-138.btcentralplus.com (EHLO racer.home) [86.138.198.40] by mail.gmx.net (mp005) with SMTP; 29 Feb 2008 11:27:04 +0100 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19uNL04NzhukNSLKyfiqIyfIt+pVg222vx+dyhlJc JGIslxLZlcRmCg X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <47C77720.2080405@comcast.net> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (LSU 882 2007-12-20) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Paul Franz wrote: > Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > [top-posting?] > > Is there something wrong with it? My favourite way to describe it (a quote): +A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. +Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? +A: Top-posting. +Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? > > The problems with Git and Windows are not network related. They are > > with Windows' pitiful performance when it comes to spawn processes. > > Which makes me believe that it sounds like git depends on spawning > processes being cheap. Yes, like everything that relies on being scriptable. > > IMO your efforts to help Git on Windows would be better spent on the > > msysGit list, where you would learn about the real issues we face. > > Excuse my ignorance, could you tell me where the mysGit list is, so that > I can subscribe? It is referenced right on the first page on http://msysgit.googlecode.com/ under the keyword "Groups:". Hth, Dscho