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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT syncretize DOT net>
To: "Chris Game" <chrisgame AT bigfoot DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Setup query
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 08:14:59 +1000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Game" <chrisgame AT bigfoot DOT com>
Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 2:57 AM

> Thanks for the response, David, though judging by the silence from
> the experts on this it might be hard to discover what this control
> actually does. Does no-one really know? I find that hard to believe.

Funnily enough we do. And the exact behaviour of those changes was announced
here when they were made (and released).

> And more practically, the proper place for the explanation is not in
> the FAQ but on a pop-up box accessible from the setup screen. Keep
> the information near where it's needed. Cygwin may be fun to play
> with, but only if you like puzzles and have the time to unravel them.
> For real-world users it's like running a set of tools held together
> with baler twine - and each time one of them updates you have to undo
> and remake the baler twine connections all over again!

Patches are always welcome. Otherwise this is on the TODO list already, and
will be gotten to.

Rob


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