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On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:46:35PM -0400, NightStrike wrote:
>On 6/20/08, Dave Korn <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com> wrote:
>>It's definitely a good suggestion, quite possibly a great suggestion.
>>
>>However, having made it, it is now just going to sit there in the mail
>>archive for ever and ever and not ever do anything all by itself.
>>
>>I think the point that cgf is getting at is that there is no shortage
>>of suggestions or good ideas or enhancement requests or wish lists nor
>>any difficulty in coming up with new ones.  But without a bit of
>>getting-it-done elbow grease, a suggestion is really very little use on
>>its own.
>
>Where's the source?  I've wanted this feature since my first attempt to
>use cygwin.  I'll implement it.

Check out the setup development web page here:

http://sourceware.org//cygwin-apps/setup.html

It's not completely up to date but the information about source code is
accurate.

cgf

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