From:	leisner AT sdsp DOT mc DOT xerox DOT com (Marty Leisner)
Subject:	Re: GNU-Win32 distribution question
11 May 1998 20:52:05 -0700 :
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To:	Geoffrey Noer <noer AT cygnus DOT com>
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

I would like:
1)	smaller packages (rather than the all-in-one approach)
2)	compressed tar files of the tree...once its in that
	format, it shouldn't be too hard to give both install-sheilds
	and tars...

I've seen commercial Unix vendors saying:
	1) Log on as root
	2) follow these steps (installing software into /usr/bin).
When I see this, its a good sign to find some other vendor.

Windows install procedures seem to be developed by these miscreants
(installing all types of .dlls into a common windows directory, with
no hint what's going on).

I like the way djgpp is arranged...although its a lot of zip files
I don't have to deal with the whole megillah if I want a few programs...
I also can install it on a Linux system, and get at everything from a
samba mount point...






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marty
leisner AT sdsp DOT mc DOT xerox DOT com  
The Feynman problem solving Algorithm
        1) Write down the problem
        2) Think real hard
        3) Write down the answer
                Murray Gell-mann in the NY Times




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