Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/07/27/08:11:11
Ehud Karni wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:29:28 -0500, Herb Martin wrote:
>> Larry Hall (LH) wrote:
>>
>>>> - Name of setup utility: setup.exe
>>>
>>> I doubt this will change. It was chosen ages ago in the
>>> hopes that it would be a well understood name for the Windows
>>> crowd. So far, there's been no real complaint about the name
>>> and, better yet, no indication that someone can't install
>>> because they can't figure out what executable to run. I'd
>>> 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.
A valid point.
I've been privately calling it "cygsetup" for a long time.
Max.
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