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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:43:00 +0800
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Subject: Re: CygWine 1.0 Beta -- an new cygwin package manager
From: Brant Young <yospaly AT gmail DOT com>
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> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Warren Young wrote:
> I had that exact same thought.  If it can't be merged into the standard setup.exe, I would at least recommend a different name.

Everyone hates the name  :-)

It seems I should change the name in the next major release.

Regards,

Brant

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 3:07 AM, Mark J. Reed <markjreed AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Warren Young wrote:
>> Brant Young wrote:
>
> You two aren't related, are you? :)
>
>>> I have launched a opensource project -- CygWine ( a cygwin package
>>> management utility, project homepage: http://cygwine.googlecode.com )
>>
>> My initial thought on seeing the name is that it was a port of Wine to
>> Cygwin, which would be tres silly.
>
> I had that exact same thought.  If it can't be merged into the
> standard setup.exe, I would at least recommend a different name.
>
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