2009/3/20 Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx>: > 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). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
