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Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:43:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Mark Jones <mark_umr AT excite DOT com>
To: Stephano Mariani <sk DOT cygml AT btinternet DOT com>,
   Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
Subject: Re: New Install May Have a Bug
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>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
>  To: "Mark Jones" <mark_umr AT excite DOT com>
>  Cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
>  Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 6:34 PM
>  Subject: Re: New Install May Have a Bug
>  
>  
>  > Concommitant with that, the default installation is now a bare minimum
>  > of packages -- if you want more, you have to explicitly select the
>  > additional packages.

First, thanks for the reply.

I understand the reasoning behind the choice, but I would suggest adding a
little more to the standard of minimum.  Users of any UNIX like system
expect more/less to be present.  I think it will turn people off, and Linux
users that install it will figure the install failed to work properly (like
my friend and I did) or will think Cygwin just doesn't have less or more
ported over to it and assume that Cygwin is not mature yet.

That is my thoughts on the matter.

As I side note, I would have something other than TWM be the default WM for
X, anything other than TWM, such as IceWM, FVWM, lesstif's MWM, etc.

Mark





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