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Date: | Sun, 7 Aug 2005 22:00:09 -0400 |
From: | Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: setup.exe filename |
Message-ID: | <20050808020009.GA5026@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> |
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On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 07:22:19PM -0500, Herb Martin wrote: >> [mailto:cygwin-owner cygwin com] On Behalf Of Brian Dessent ?????????????????????????????? >>I do not like the idea of adding the version to the name of the file. >>To a naive user it would reinforce the incorrect idea that the version >>of setup has anything whatsoever to do with the version of Cygwin and >>other packages that they are installing. We already get too many of >>those on the mailing list as it is. >> >>A user might see "setup-1.2.3" and then later see > >That is a logical and possibly sufficient reason for omitting the >"version" from the CygWin setup file name. Phew! cgf -- 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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