Re: slrn 1.0 [2007-08-25]?

Hans-Christoph Wirth <[email protected]> Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:53:55 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.network.slrn.user
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

>>>> Meanwhile, here's yet another thought: can somebody be found to
>>>> compile a Windows binary?
> 
>>> Cygwin should be sufficient and more easy. Native Windows support is
>>> not necessary (nor desirable) since Cygwin is available for
>>> everybody.
> 
>> Native Windows support is necessary (and desirable) since no one is so
>> desperate to use hundred megabytes Cygwin to launch one mega big slrn.
>> With all annoyances of Cygwin.

On the other hand, usenet news as a medium and in particular slrn as a 
program to access that is for a shrinking minority of power users; power 
users either don't use Windows at all, or if they have to use it, 
they'll have cygwin installed anyway.

H-C

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