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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 11:27:50 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Bespoke installations: simple elegance of setup.exe when setup.ini is absent
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On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 08:58:44PM -0500, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
>[snip]
>
>Ahem.  As one of the many people responsible for setup, I take issue with
>the accusation that it is either "simple" or "elegant".
>
>;-)

In this case, "responsible for setup" == "submitted some patches in 2003
and ignored most (all?) setup problems since then".

cgf

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