Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com From: "Dennis McCunney" Cc: Subject: RE: setup.exe Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 12:35:59 -0400 Message-ID: <000301c121bb$c0ead160$72dafea9@nyc.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <3B73717C.1040708@ece.gatech.edu> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Importance: Normal > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com > [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com]On Behalf Of Charles Wilson > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 1:31 AM > To: Roger Dahl > Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Subject: Re: setup.exe > > Roger Dahl wrote: > > > Why not call the cygwin setup file cygwin.exe instead of > > setup.exe. It gets confusing with lots of "setup.exe"-s around :) > > We already have three different meanings for "cygwin": > > 1. the DLL "cygwin1.dll" itself > 2. the setup.exe-installed package called (currently) > cygwin-1.3.2-1.tar.gz > 3. the entire platform/distribution > > You want to add a fourth meaning? To "prevent" > confusion??!!! I don't think so. Since half of the installation programs in the world seem to call themselves "setup.exe", I _would_ favor calling Cygwin's setup "cygsetup.exe", just to make it clear what it was the setup program for. I routinely do that rename on the incoming file when I grab an updated version of setup to avoid confusion. (I DL everything to a standard download directory, and it isn't unusual for me to download more than one file called "setup.exe" in a web surfing session.) I _wouldn't_ favor calling it "cygwin.exe" for the reasons you mention. > --Chuck ______ Dennis -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/