From:	tromey AT cygnus DOT com (Tom Tromey)
Subject:	Re: cygwin32-developers problems?
10 Mar 1998 12:53:55 -0800 :
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To:	cgf AT bbc DOT com
Cc:	cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com

Christopher> You could modify the installation procedure so that there
Christopher> were three (or more?) packages.  A "base" package, a
Christopher> "developers" package, a "users" package.  This is nearly
Christopher> what is done now, but you could also allow click and
Christopher> choose installation of specific packages.

Why stop there?
Why not just use packages, like Debian or Red Hat?
In fact, isn't there already some initiative to do something like this
(host Debian on top of Cygwin)?

Tom

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