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Date: | Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:22:49 -0400 |
From: | Chris Wagner <wagnerc AT plebeian DOT com> |
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Subject: | Dependancy Hell (was Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mintty 2.9.9) |
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On 2019-03-28 7:36 am, Steven Penny wrote: > On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 08:34:34, Thomas Wolff wrote: >> Mintty can be used to run any command-line application directly (like >> top, your editor, ...), a shell is not needed. > > That may be true, the by default Mintty is configure to load Bash. So > it is > disingenuous so simply say that it does not require a shell, unless you > want to > change the default to load "top" as you said. > I think that part of the issue is that there is no clear definition of a dependancy. I encounter questionable dependancies all the time from Cygwin Setup. If I try to install the wrong thing, there is a whole ecosystem of packages that come with it that I don't want. I just don't install that thing I wanted and live without it or get it another way. Likewise there are dependancies that are merely advisory and the package works just fine without it. I think that a package should only be listed as a dependancy if the upstream package will not even run without it. Things like library packages. Even if it provides core functionality, if the main package will run, it's not a dependancy. Dependancy hell is one of the few things I don't like about Cygwin. Thanks. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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