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| Date: | Sun, 7 Aug 2005 14:12:29 -0500 |
| From: | Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT gmail DOT com> |
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| Subject: | Re: setup.exe filename |
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On 8/7/05, Bill Priest <bpriest AT verizon DOT net> wrote:> > >cygwin.exe or cygwinsetup.exe would both be better names.> >> >If the name of 'setup.exe' was going to change, it would certainly> >need to convey to the user that it is an installation program, so your> >second suggestion might be better. Still, it is common practice to name> >setup programs 'setup' for Windows so making any change is likely to cause> >more confusion than there is now (and based on the list feedback, there> >seems to be very little confusion on this point right now).> > I typically save cygwin's setup.exe to my Desktop as I update cygwin quite> often; however, I've found that this interferes with some other (admittedly buggy> and lame install programs). It isn't a big deal to rename setup.exe to> cygwin_setup.exe (or your favorite) or to do save link as. Can't you just click on the http://cygwin.com/setup.exe link fromwithin IE and say "run"? There's no need to save it anywhere. Thisway you will be always be running the latest and greatest Cygwinsetup.exe. -- Weiqi Gao (¸ßΪÆæ)weiqigao AT gmail DOT comhttp://www.weiqigao.com/blog/
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