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Date: | Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:38:31 +0300 |
Message-Id: | <200507271138.j6RBcVvi031676@beta.mvs.co.il> |
From: | "Ehud Karni" <ehud AT unix DOT mvs DOT co DOT il> |
To: | cygwin AT cygwin DOT com |
Subject: | Name of the Cygwin setup program (was Re: Is the Cygwin installation process ...) |
In-reply-to: | <200507260434.j6Q4YbQu019335@unix.mvs.co.il> (message from Herb Martin on Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:29:28 -0500) |
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On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:29:28 -0500, Herb Martin wrote: > Larry Hall (LH) wrote: > > LH> > - Name of setup utility: setup.exe > LH> > LH> I doubt this will change. It was chosen ages ago in the > LH> hopes that it would be a well understood name for the Windows > LH> crowd. So far, there's been no real complaint about the name > LH> and, better yet, no indication that someone can't install > LH> because they can't figure out what executable to run. I'd > LH> say the name 'setup.exe' is here to stay. > > There are much better choices however -- many people will > store such downloads in a generic download directory and > having no mention of the actual program/system name in the > file is a nuisance (understandable, but a nuisance.) > > And of course one can name the download something else when > saving it, but then it is difficult to tell on the next > update if you have the "same file/different version" already. > > cygwin.exe or cygwinsetup.exe would both be better names. I also think that `setup.exe' is a bad name. `cygwin.exe' is no good. `cygwinsetup' or `cygwin-setup' is good descriptive name. I suggest to add the version to the name (e.g. cygwin-setup-2.457.2.2.exe), so people reporting bugs will automatically include the version number. Ehud. -- Ehud Karni Tel: +972-3-7966-561 /"\ Mivtach - Simon Fax: +972-3-7966-667 \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign Insurance agencies (USA) voice mail and X Against HTML Mail http://www.mvs.co.il FAX: 1-815-5509341 / \ GnuPG: 98EA398D <http://www.keyserver.net/> Better Safe Than Sorry -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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