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From:	"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To:	"Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: setup 2.194.2.24: Bug (?) in downloading from internet
Date:	Mon, 29 Apr 2002 20:35:54 +1000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>

> But setup.exe has operated in the correct way in the past! Why write a
new tool,
> when fixing a bug in the current one would do all that needs to be
done?

Because the current tool is more complex than it should be, and a new
tool can be accurately target. The current tool can then be simplified
somewhat (i.e. download only could go away if we had a (non cygwin
linked) mirroring tool. Or a variation of this.

> NB: I'm
> not saying 'go fix that now'. When (if? ;-) I find time to understand
the setup
> code, I will do this, if no one has beaten me to it.

Thanks.

Rob


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