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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 08:07:54 -0800
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From: Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>
Subject: Re: Cygwin Setup.exe..
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Joe,


At 06:18 2002-10-30, Siebenmann, Joe wrote:
>Cygwin is pretty nice, but I think I have a way you can vastly improve 
>Setup.exe.

You're not alone. Are you ready to roll up your sleeves?


>When people install the Cygwin environment, they have a "compile target" 
>goal in mind.   They want to compile a Windows program, or a Palm program, etc.

This premise is quite false. Many people use Cygwin for purposes other than 
program development or for programming that does not use the Cygwin 
compilers, libraries, linker or related tools. Many users just want the GNU 
tools or the X11 server or their favorite mail front-end or some other 
package not otherwise available under Windows.


>Do you know how frustrating it is to run through the whole Setup.exe 
>process, carefully check the packages to make sure what you need is 
>included...  Just to find out you didn't get make.exe?!

As a human, my life is unending frustration. However, since I always just 
install all the Cygwin packages, I've dodged that particular frustration 
projectile.


>In Setup.exe, in one of it's dialog windows, why can't you have some kind 
>of "target" checkboxes that will GUARANTEE that the minimum components for 
>your target WILL BE INSTALLED.  It needs to be a no-brainer.  Sure, it has 
>to be flexible so people can use it for whatever they want...

"Patches gratefully accepted."


>Thanks,
>
>Joe Siebenmann

Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


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