Re: [Mingw-users] ls -l on big files takes forever ... and it gets an overflow?

[Nathan R. <zer...@ho...>]

> From: ea...@us...
> To: min...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Mingw-users] ls -l on big files takes forever ... and it gets an overflow?
>
> Mark Wagner wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 23:18, Keith Marshall wrote:
> >> Really? From which museum did you acquire this antique?
> >
> > First Google hit for "msys": http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MSYS
>
> I can see where someone just glancing at the page would assume 1.0.11 to
> be "the current version" but if you read the page it doesn't say that it
> is. The page gives instructions for installing 1.0.11 manually but
> before that the page states that mingw-get now manages the installs and
> updates. That said, I will state that the page does need some overhaul
> to update it for instructions on installing with mingw-get.

+1 for the overhaul
 
As the page stands now, 80% of the "Installing MSYS" section consists
of detailed, point-form instructions *with links* for installing 1.0.11.
In comparison, there's a small paragraph at the top which states -
without mentioning a higher version number - that "all the MSYS components 
are now available as separate downloads managed by mingw-get (currently 
alpha release)", without providing a link to mingw-get, or saying
what argument one needs to pass to mingw-get to install MSYS (and to the
average user, "alpha version" means "buggy/unstable, keep out").
 
Frankly, I'd be amazed if anyone installed a version other than 1.0.11
after seeing that page.
 
Nate.