Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/04/17/09:44:17
I'm a bit late to this discussion, but I'll jump in anyway.
To the original question; I'd like to violate group etiquette and throw in a big
"Me to". Having a cleaner versioning process would be a big benefit to cygwin.
Also to the original question, a suggestion. I have the same problem. I've taken
the approach of running 'setup' on a box, then capturing the files, my preferred
mount points, path settings and anything else I want to change, and building a
Microsoft format "msi' package. I can put this on a server and distribute it to
internal users and they get exactly my configuration. BTW, all you really need
is a zip of the cygwin directory and .reg file dump of
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions
The MSI is just a bit easier to install, and I can pput in the shortcuts for
people.
Third, in response to cgf
>Sorry but you are not a customer. You're a user. There is a subtle
>difference. Being a customer implies some seller/buyer relationship
>which would entitle you to some kind of service from the seller. Cygwin
>is offered as-is to you with nothing guaranteed other than you get the
>source.
I'd love to be a customer! I keep asking Redhat about it, but there's no product
to buy. I think that if you offered a cleaner distribution, you'd have a viable
product. It works for Redhat linux.... ActiveState Perl, Tcl ect. Other
companies offer similar Unix-like products, but cygwin is better. :)
( Would someone at Redhat please copy this to Rebecca Ward AT redhat. I can't find
her email, I doubt she reads the list.)
Bob.
g GE Aircraft Engines
______________________________________________
Bob Fletcher
Analysis and Engineering Systems
GE Aircraft Engines,
1 Neumann Way, Evendale, OH 45215
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf AT redhat DOT com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 9:03 PM
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: A request?
On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:43:36PM -0700, Karl M wrote:
>>If you want predictable behavior, then you should probably burn a CD
>>with the source code as well and pass it around.
>>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You don't need to put the source code on a CD supplied to co-workers.
cgf
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