X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:06:18 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: incomplete/corrupted setup.exe Message-ID: <20100314190618.GE13515@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <1268526388.20918.ezmlm@cygwin.com> <20100314163002.GA12172@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <03988E63C1BD48809EA3A27E4D6A3661@phoenix> <4B9D2C98.8050000@cygwin.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B9D2C98.8050000@cygwin.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 02:36:08PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >On 3/14/2010 1:05 PM, Jason Pyeron wrote: >> Name setup.exe as cygwin-setup-v.vv.vv.exe or similar meaning and continue to >> provide setup.exe as the most current cygwin-setup-v.vv.vv.exe (by symlink or >> redirect) > >This has been discussed to death already on this list and/or the apps list. >There is no need for the name on the server. Anyone that downloads >Cygwin's 'setup.exe' can name it whatever they please. This is the most >flexible approach since it gives the user complete control of the name. >It's also the most backward compatible since those that have scripts that >depend on the current name are not forced to change them in any way. And >if you look in the email archives, you'll see that the decision about a >name change on the server has been made. The name for 'setup.exe' will >not be changing. Given that, further discussion on the subject is not >going to be productive. Thanks, Larry. The moral of the story is "If you want to be taken seriously it pays to do your homework before making a proposal". I wasn't always mean. I just got that way after the 63rd repeat "Why don't you just" suggestion. cgf -- 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