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Date: | Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:41:14 -0500 |
From: | Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: moratorium on new setup.exe features, please? |
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On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 09:58:31AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >Can we concentrate on releasing a new version of setup.exe, please? > >I'd like to eliminate the confusion that the current version of setup.exe >is causing. It seems like we are in a standard "add one more thing" mode >when people are experiencing real problems and real confusion with the >currently released setup.exe. > >The only thing that I really wanted for the next release was clickable >categories. We have quite a bit more than that so I assume there will >be additional unforeseen headaches coming. This is standard when you >add new features. The more features you add, the more headaches you'll >get. > >So, lets just concentrate on getting something out the door which solves >the known issues. The biggest known issue right now is the "How do I >install everything?" Btw, I hope this isn't taken as a criticism of the current state of setup.exe. There are obviously a lot of wonderful improvements in it. I'm just getting the same uneasy feeling that I get when I've gone too long without a cygwin release. I *know* that there is some major issue that will cause a 20% increase in mailing list traffic just lurking in the code somewhere. cgf
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