From:	tromey AT cygnus DOT com (Tom Tromey)
Subject:	Re: cygwin32-developers problems?
10 Mar 1998 22:54:01 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<m1en09vmik.fsf.cygnus.cygwin32.developers@creche.cygnus.com>
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Reply-To:	tromey AT cygnus DOT com
To:	cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com

Christopher> I'm not familiar with the way those packages work under
Christopher> Windows.  Would they have the "look and feel" that is
Christopher> requisite for Windows installers?  Or, if that is not an
Christopher> issue then, I agree that this would be the way to go.  No
Christopher> need to reinvent the wheel...

The packages look just like they do under Windows.

The idea is that only the required stuff would come with a Windows
installer.  Everything else would be installed using something like
rpm.

I don't know if this is a good idea or not, since I don't really know
what the goal is.

Tom

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