From: vassilii AT optimedia DOT co DOT il (Vassilii Khachaturov)
Subject: RE: Beta-19 and configurations....
10 Feb 1998 09:12:29 -0800
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To: "'Ronald Van Iwaarden'" <vaniwaar AT ca DOT metsci DOT com>,
        Vassilii Khachaturov
	 <vassilii AT optimedia DOT co DOT il>
Cc: "Gnu-Win32 (E-mail)" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

Exactly -- among other things.
The initial thing to do is clever modularizing the initial dist.,
thinking over what are the packages setup choices,
the next step can be a package mgmt procedure like that on the new
Slackware, RedHead or Debian.
Moreover, I think that the package management tools need not be
rewritten -- we can borrow significant amt from there.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ronald Van Iwaarden [SMTP:vaniwaar AT ca DOT metsci DOT com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, February 10, 1998 12:13 AM
> To:	Vassilii Khachaturov
> Cc:	Gnu-Win32 (E-mail)
> Subject:	Re: Beta-19 and configurations....
> 
> Sounds like you're suggesting a slackware type distribution.  That
> could
> be nice if it were integrated with an auto-ftp feature so that one
> uses an
> install program that goes and looks for a list of what it can install,
> provides a menu to the user and then installs what the user wants
> after
> ftping the files to their computers.
> 
> --Ron
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