Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/04/19/09:59:50
> From: Randall R Schulz [mailto:rrschulz AT cris DOT com]
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:34 AM
> To: George Hester; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: Where is the manual to manually install Cygwin
> in Windiows
> 2000
>
>
> George,
>
> I don't know what's not to like about Setup.exe (well, maybe
> URL-encoded
> mirror directory names), but you're really bucking the tide and going
> against the grain in trying to install without Setup.exe.
>
> You'll also be told (if this message doesn't forestall it)
> that this list
> doesn't cater to problems with installation or problems
> originating in
> installation errors for people who don't use the standard
> installation
> procedure based on Setup.exe.
>
He maybe bucking the tide but IMHO he does have a point of sorts:
setup.exe has become a real mess TBH between the URL directory names,
accumulating multiple copies of data in multiple places instead of
the simple tree used before and the fallacy inherent in a GUI install.
What makes for an "easy" install on one workstation ought to imply
ease of use on multiple workstations... it doesn't, quite the contrary,
a simple config file based approach with a script that did the
installing would be far, far easier. (such as make)
As it is, it smacks of the "developer knows best" and "one size fits all"
approaches so popular at M$ which is sad given cygwin's heritage!
Short-sighted, misguided install philosophy aside, thanks for a wonderful
selection of software :)
Lawrence
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