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On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 08:28, Charles Wilson wrote: > Mark Jones wrote: > > > > First, thanks for the reply. > > > > I understand the reasoning behind the choice, but I would suggest adding a > > little more to the standard of minimum. Users of any UNIX like system > > expect more/less to be present. I think it will turn people off, and Linux > > users that install it will figure the install failed to work properly (like > > my friend and I did) or will think Cygwin just doesn't have less or more > > ported over to it and assume that Cygwin is not mature yet. > > > > That is my thoughts on the matter. > > > That's probably not a bad idea. Robert (Chris? Who maintains less?), > should 'less' be added to the Base package? I don't think so. Once someone creates a metapackage, or I get the clickable categories done, then the sensible user default becaomes possible. The issue is that base really needs to be the _base_, not the 'end user default' - because some users may want less installed. (No pun intended). Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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