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Date:	Wed, 31 Jul 2002 05:57:57 +0200 (CEST)
From:	=?iso-8859-1?q?Sylvain=20Petreolle?= <spetreolle AT yahoo DOT fr>
Subject:	Re: Skel files
To:	cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com, John Morrison <john DOT r DOT morrison AT ntlworld DOT com>
Cc:	cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com, Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
In-Reply-To:	<3D46B5AE.469F6634@yahoo.com>
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if you create the skel package (as in Linux), no one will be forced to
use it in any way...

> Examples are fine.  Forcing the user to have them would be a pain,
> IMO. 
> It complicates the install process beyond what is needed.  These
> files
> are for the user to modify there environment to their specific need,
> not
> what someone else dreams up as a standard user environment.  The
> standard environment should only be controlled by the /etc/profile,
> etc.
> files.


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