Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/08/07/19:56:43
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Jason Pyeron
> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 6:39 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: RE: setup.exe filename
>
> On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, Herb Martin wrote:
>
> >
> > No, if you look closely you will see this is almost never
> the case for
> > DISTRIBUTION package files or single install files -- it used to be
> > true but was given up as a poor practice.
>
> how about a simple soultion here.
>
> I like typing start->run http://cygwin.com/setup.exe, as I am
> sure most of us do. But it would be a "best" practice to name
> the installer, something descriptive, like cygwin-2.457.2.2.exe.
>
> Now how about using a symlink on the web server to point one
> to the other?
>
> This way, you can get either, and if you click on the link
> install cygwin now, you get the cygwin-####.exe otherwise
> wget away your setup.exe.
"Have it your way" is almost always a good solution for
such interactions between random users and a program/system.
Also, I forgot to mention that "setup.exe" is a standard
Windows OPERATING SYSTEM file that is kept on the path so
is likely conflict or further confuse users....
CygwinSetup would be an improvement; adding the version number
would be another.
Then with Jason's suggestion the convenience remains in either
choice -- plus those who want it on the harddrive to be name
just "setup.exe" cannot always rename it to that...<grin>
Right there is a likely answer to the confusion and common
practice question: Were it named anything CygWin-Specific then
NO ONE would rename it "setup.exe".
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Herb Martin
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